Grant, MN Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Grant

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Grant leans slightly Republican by roughly 10 points: about 45% of voters vote Democratic and 55% Republican.

 

About more than 99% of adults in Grant typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Grant, ~47% vote Democratic, ~58% Republican, and ~-5% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Grant compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Grant leans more Republican than 71 of 98 neighbors.

Grant runs about 15 points more Republican than Minnesota as a whole. Minnesota leans Democratic overall, while Grant is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.

Why Grant leans the way it does

This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Grant, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Grant votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 23%, about 13 points below the U.S. average of 36%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 87% of households in Grant are family households, above 98% of cities. Grant runs against the grain of Minnesota, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.

Preventive-care access and voter turnout

Places with strong routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Grant, MN sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.

Why turnout in Grant looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Grant is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 77%, about 17 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 95% of households in Grant own their home, about 20 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 98% of adults in Grant have completed high school, above 94% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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Sources and methodology

Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Minnesota Secretary of State, Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.

Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.

Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.