| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 711 | 1,528 | 2,295 | |
| 2020 | R | 829 | 1,423 | 2,335 | |
| 2016 | R | 637 | 1,179 | 1,997 | |
| 2012 | R | 863 | 1,080 | 2,035 | |
| 2008 | R | 1,082 | 1,131 | 2,273 | |
| 2004 | R | 931 | 1,336 | 2,327 | |
| 2000 | R | 916 | 1,227 | 2,293 | |
| 1996 | D | 1,068 | 814 | 2,318 | |
| 1992 | R | 909 | 918 | 2,641 | |
| 1988 | R | 978 | 1,480 | 2,602 | |
| 1984 | R | 766 | 1,645 | 2,504 | |
| 1980 | R | 631 | 1,628 | 2,546 | |
| 1976 | D | 1,361 | 1,104 | 2,594 | |
| 1972 | R | 768 | 2,111 | 2,879 | |
| 1968 | D | 1,242 | 927 | 2,869 | |
| 1964 | D | 1,440 | 927 | 2,367 | |
| 1960 | D | 1,606 | 930 | 2,536 | |
| 1956 | R | 1,415 | 1,433 | 2,848 | |
| 1952 | D | 1,369 | 1,297 | 2,666 | |
| 1948 | D | 1,194 | 706 | 1,928 | |
| 1944 | D | 1,344 | 751 | 2,095 | |
| 1940 | D | 693 | 406 | 1,099 | |
| 1936 | D | 778 | 236 | 1,014 | |
| 1932 | D | 647 | 238 | 885 | |
| 1928 | D | 326 | 275 | 601 | |
| 1924 | R | 84 | 191 | 504 | |
| 1920 | R | 209 | 374 | 629 | |
| 1916 | D | 617 | 385 | 1,108 | |
| 1912 | D | 219 | 59 | 555 | |
| 1908 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1904 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1896 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1892 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1888 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1876 | — | — | — | — |
Mineral County's economy has long tracked the boom-and-bust cycles of silver and gold extraction, leaving a small, widely scattered population that has voted Republican by double-digit margins in every presidential election this century.
The Democratic margin in Mineral County peaked at fifty-three points in 1936. By 2000 the county had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was thirty-six points, the most Republican-leaning result in the county's modern history.
The economic context is the key. Mineral County's median household income of $54,855 sits well below state and national norms, and 19% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Chippewa County and Mackinac County.