HarrisDemocratic32.0%1,618TrumpRepublican66.1%3,340KennedyIndependent1.0%50
R+34.1- Lead
- 1,722
- Total
- 5,054
- vs nation
- R+32.6
- Turnout
- 69.2%
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President margin by year
Place winner margin
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
President results by year
2024 turnout 69.2% of 7,336 citizens 18+
BidenDemocratic34.4%1,784TrumpRepublican63.9%3,316JorgensenLibertarian0.8%42
R+29.5- Lead
- 1,532
- Total
- 5,193
- vs nation
- R+34.0
- Turnout
- 75.7%
ClintonDemocratic33.8%1,686TrumpRepublican59.3%2,963JohnsonLibertarian3.1%153
R+25.6- Lead
- 1,277
- Total
- 4,994
- vs nation
- R+27.7
- Turnout
- 69.4%
ObamaDemocratic53.7%2,751RomneyRepublican43.9%2,248GRAYLibertarian1.0%51
D+9.8- Lead
- 503
- Total
- 5,119
- vs nation
- D+6.0
- Turnout
- —
ObamaDemocratic55.4%2,907McCainRepublican41.6%2,184OtherAll other candidates2.9%153
D+13.8- Lead
- 723
- Total
- 5,244
- vs nation
- D+6.5
- Turnout
- —
KerryDemocratic55.2%3,165BushRepublican43.3%2,481OtherAll other candidates1.6%89
D+11.9- Lead
- 684
- Total
- 5,735
- vs nation
- D+14.4
- Turnout
- —
GoreDemocratic49.6%2,698BushRepublican43.7%2,376NaderGreen4.0%218
D+5.9- Lead
- 322
- Total
- 5,437
- vs nation
- D+5.4
- Turnout
- —
ClintonDemocratic57.3%3,054DoleRepublican28.9%1,541PerotReform12.9%690
D+28.4- Lead
- 1,513
- Total
- 5,330
- vs nation
- D+19.9
- Turnout
- —
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+34.1MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 9,7482024 5-year
- Median household income
- $60,4122024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 86.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+52.4 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+56.6 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Chippewa County, MN · twin score 93.5
Midterm durability
Total general-election participants divided by same-year citizen voting-age population. These are total ballots or participating voters—not presidential candidate votes.
- 2024 total turnout
- 69.2%5,077 participants ÷ 7,336 CVAP
- 2020→2022 drop-off
- +4.0 ptsHigh-turnout, durable
- Drop-off versus state
- -15.9 ptsPositive means a larger decline than the statewide pattern
- Mechanical 2026 scenario
- 61.3%–65.2%Recent-cycle and two-cycle persistence scenarios; not a forecast
| Election | Participants | CVAP | Turnout | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 · Presidential | 5,063 | 7,297 | 69.4% | A/A |
| 2018 · Midterm | 4,099 | 7,125 | 57.5% | A/A |
| 2020 · Presidential | 5,291 | 6,991 | 75.7% | A/A |
| 2022 · Midterm | 5,243 | 7,313 | 71.7% | A/A |
| 2024 · Presidential | 5,077 | 7,336 | 69.2% | A/A |
Sources and methods
- 2016: numerator source 158, denominator source 157; total voters participating; eavs-f1a-v1:observed:native; allocation share 0.0%; series 293/111.
- 2018: numerator source 158, denominator source 157; total voters participating; eavs-f1a-v1:observed:native; allocation share 0.0%; series 297/138.
- 2020: numerator source 158, denominator source 157; total voters participating; eavs-f1a-v1:observed:native; allocation share 0.0%; series 301/2.
- 2022: numerator source 158, denominator source 157; total voters participating; eavs-f1a-v1:observed:native; allocation share 0.0%; series 306/183.
- 2024: numerator source 158, denominator source 157; total voters participating; eavs-f1a-v1:observed:native; allocation share 0.0%; series 311/228.
Precinct data
Results by precinct
61 precincts · 5,054 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -BENSON P-1BENSON P-1 | 304 | 521 | 10 | 835 | 36.4% | 62.4% | R+26.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -BENSON P-2BENSON P-2 | 274 | 491 | 14 | 779 | 35.2% | 63.0% | R+27.9 |
| Precinct -APPLETONAPPLETON | 229 | 412 | 17 | 658 | 34.8% | 62.6% | R+27.8 |
| Precinct -KERKHOVENKERKHOVEN | 107 | 266 | 7 | 380 | 28.2% | 70.0% | R+41.8 |
| Precinct -TORNING TWPTORNING TWP | 46 | 187 | 2 | 235 | 19.6% | 79.6% | R+60.0 |
| Precinct -BENSON TWPBENSON TWP | 64 | 116 | 5 | 185 | 34.6% | 62.7% | R+28.1 |
| Precinct -PILLSBURY TWPPILLSBURY TWP | 33 | 119 | 0 | 152 | 21.7% | 78.3% | R+56.6 |
| Precinct -KERKHOVEN TWPKERKHOVEN TWP | 48 | 89 | 5 | 142 | 33.8% | 62.7% | R+28.9 |
| Precinct -MURDOCKMURDOCK | 43 | 88 | 2 | 133 | 32.3% | 66.2% | R+33.8 |
| Precinct -HAYES TWPHAYES TWP | 37 | 91 | 0 | 128 | 28.9% | 71.1% | R+42.2 |
| Precinct -APPLETON TWPAPPLETON TWP | 37 | 83 | 4 | 124 | 29.8% | 66.9% | R+37.1 |
| Precinct -CAMP LAKE TWPCAMP LAKE TWP | 50 | 62 | 1 | 113 | 44.2% | 54.9% | R+10.6 |
| Precinct -DUBLIN TWPDUBLIN TWP | 27 | 60 | 5 | 92 | 29.3% | 65.2% | R+35.9 |
| Precinct -SIX MILE GROVE TWPSIX MILE GROVE TWP | 24 | 64 | 4 | 92 | 26.1% | 69.6% | R+43.5 |
| Precinct -WEST BANK TWPWEST BANK TWP | 42 | 37 | 1 | 80 | 52.5% | 46.3% | D+6.3 |
| Precinct -CASHEL TWPCASHEL TWP | 17 | 55 | 3 | 75 | 22.7% | 73.3% | R+50.7 |
| Precinct -EDISON TWPEDISON TWP | 18 | 55 | 1 | 74 | 24.3% | 74.3% | R+50.0 |
| Precinct -KILDARE TWPKILDARE TWP | 23 | 49 | 2 | 74 | 31.1% | 66.2% | R+35.1 |
| Precinct -DEGRAFFDEGRAFF | 14 | 58 | 1 | 73 | 19.2% | 79.5% | R+60.3 |
| Precinct -FAIRFIELD TWPFAIRFIELD TWP | 14 | 53 | 2 | 69 | 20.3% | 76.8% | R+56.5 |
| Precinct -SWENODA TWPSWENODA TWP | 15 | 52 | 1 | 68 | 22.1% | 76.5% | R+54.4 |
| Precinct -CLONTARFCLONTARF | 23 | 40 | 2 | 65 | 35.4% | 61.5% | R+26.2 |
| Precinct -SHIBLE TWPSHIBLE TWP | 11 | 53 | 1 | 65 | 16.9% | 81.5% | R+64.6 |
| Precinct -MOYER TWPMOYER TWP | 20 | 40 | 1 | 61 | 32.8% | 65.6% | R+32.8 |
| Precinct -CLONTARF TWPCLONTARF TWP | 25 | 29 | 0 | 54 | 46.3% | 53.7% | R+7.4 |
| Precinct -DANVERSDANVERS | 13 | 41 | 0 | 54 | 24.1% | 75.9% | R+51.9 |
| Precinct -TARA TWPTARA TWP | 16 | 34 | 1 | 51 | 31.4% | 66.7% | R+35.3 |
| Precinct -MARYSLAND TWPMARYSLAND TWP | 14 | 35 | 0 | 49 | 28.6% | 71.4% | R+42.9 |
| Precinct -HOLLOWAYHOLLOWAY | 16 | 30 | 2 | 48 | 33.3% | 62.5% | R+29.2 |
| Precinct -HEGBERT TWPHEGBERT TWP | 14 | 30 | 2 | 46 | 30.4% | 65.2% | R+34.8 |
| Appleton P-127_271510005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Appleton P-227_271510007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Appleton Twp. Voting District27_271510010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Benson Twp. Voting District27_271510025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Benson W-127_271510015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Benson W-227_271510020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Camp Lake Twp. Voting District27_271510030 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Cashel Twp. Voting District27_271510035 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Clontarf Twp. Voting District27_271510045 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Clontarf Voting District27_271510040 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Danvers Voting District27_271510050 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| De Graff Voting District27_271510055 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Dublin Twp. Voting District27_271510060 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Edison Twp. Voting District27_271510065 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Fairfield Twp. Voting District27_271510070 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Hayes Twp. Voting District27_271510075 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Hegbert Twp. Voting District27_271510080 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Holloway Voting District27_271510085 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Kerkhoven Twp. Voting District27_271510095 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Kerkhoven Voting District27_271510090 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Kildare Twp. Voting District27_271510100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Marysland Twp. Voting District27_271510105 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Moyer Twp. Voting District27_271510110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Murdock Voting District27_271510115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Pillsbury Twp. Voting District27_271510120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Shible Twp. Voting District27_271510125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Six Mile Grove Twp. Voting District27_271510130 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Swenoda Twp. Voting District27_271510135 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Tara Twp. Voting District27_271510140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Torning Twp. Voting District27_271510145 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| West Bank Twp. Voting District27_271510150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −2.5% |
| 1896 | −2.0% |
| 1900 | −14.0% |
| 1904 | −56.6% |
| 1908 | −17.6% |
| 1912 | +18.9% |
| 1916 | −5.8% |
| 1920 | −50.8% |
| 1924 | −26.8% |
| 1928 | −1.0% |
| 1932 | +52.4% |
| 1936 | +35.6% |
| 1940 | +16.0% |
| 1944 | +13.5% |
| 1948 | +30.5% |
| 1952 | −3.5% |
| 1956 | +17.0% |
| 1960 | +17.5% |
| 1964 | +34.5% |
| 1968 | +19.2% |
| 1972 | +17.4% |
| 1976 | +33.1% |
| 1980 | +4.4% |
| 1984 | +9.8% |
| 1988 | +24.5% |
| 1992 | +23.0% |
| 1996 | +28.4% |
| 2000 | +5.9% |
| 2004 | +11.9% |
| 2008 | +13.8% |
| 2012 | +9.8% |
| 2016 | −25.6% |
| 2020 | −29.5% |
| 2024 | −34.1% |
DemocraticRepublican
Federal and statewide elections · 3 House · 38 Senate · 2 Senate special · 12 governor
U.S. House
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U.S. Senate
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U.S. Senate special elections
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Governor
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voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
| Year | Total registered |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 5,807 |
| 2018 | 5,742 |
| 2020 | 5,916 |
| 2022 | 5,618 |
| 2024 | 5,864 |
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
−4 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −802 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $44,995 in average income, against $77,764 for residents who stayed — 42% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+32.2 on average — 1.9 points more Democratic-leaning than Swift County, MN itself (R+34.1).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
- Kandiyohi County, MN34R+30.9
- Chippewa County, MN24R+34.0
Where departures went households, 2022–23
- Kandiyohi County, MN38
- Stevens County, MN20
Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.
| Year | Net domestic migration |
|---|---|
| 2011 | −78 |
| 2012 | −59 |
| 2013 | −91 |
| 2014 | −94 |
| 2015 | −111 |
| 2016 | +62 |
| 2017 | −64 |
| 2018 | −72 |
| 2019 | −74 |
| 2021 | −18 |
| 2022 | −48 |
| 2023 | −106 |
| 2024 | −45 |
| 2025 | −4 |
Swift County sits in west-central Minnesota's glaciated plains, where a shrinking and aging agricultural population has driven presidential margins from competitive to Republican-dominant over the past two decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 52.4 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 56.6 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 4.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 34.1 points.
A population of 9,748, a 86% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $60,412 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Chippewa County and Yellow Medicine County.
Political twins — counties
The counties whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Chippewa County
Minnesota
93.5twin score
12-yr trend2004–2012 trajectoryNorwegian ancestry≠ Irish ancestry
Yellow Medicine County
Minnesota
91.9twin score
12-yr trendNorwegian ancestry% unaffiliated≠ Swedish ancestry
Pope County
Minnesota
91.3twin score
Norwegian ancestry2000–2004 trajectorySwedish ancestry≠ 12-yr trend
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Swift County, Minnesota vote in 2024?
In 2024, Swift County, Minnesota voted Republican by 34.1 points (R+34.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 5,054 votes cast, 1,618 went Democratic and 3,340 went Republican.
When did Swift County, Minnesota last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Swift County, Minnesota voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Swift County, Minnesota?
Swift County, Minnesota has a population of 9,748 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Swift County, Minnesota?
Median household income in Swift County, Minnesota is $60,412 — below the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of Swift County, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Swift County, Minnesota from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 20 went Democratic and 12 went Republican.