Post Town leans Republican by roughly 16 points: about 42% of voters vote Democratic and 58% Republican.
About 88% of adults in Post Town typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Post Town, ~37% vote Democratic, ~51% Republican, and ~12% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Post Town compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Post Town leans more Republican than 5 of 53 neighbors.
Post Town runs about 20 points more Republican than Minnesota as a whole. Minnesota leans Democratic overall, while Post Town is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Post Town. The west side is the most Republican-leaning (R+39) and the southeast side is the least Republican-leaning (R+5), a spread of about 34 points.
Why Post Town 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 Post Town, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Post Town 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 82% of households in Post Town are family households, above 93% of cities. Post Town runs against the grain of Minnesota, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
High-school completion, uninsured rate, and voter turnout
Places that combine high-school-completion-heavy adults and a low uninsured rate tend to turn out at a higher rate, as Post Town, MN does.
Why turnout in Post Town looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Post Town 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 71%, about 11 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 93% of households in Post Town own their home, about 18 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 98% of adults in Post Town have completed high school, above 96% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Byron, MN R+7
- Mantorville, MN R+31
- Douglas, MN R+23
- Kasson, MN R+20
- Salem Corners, MN R+34
- Oronoco, MN R+16
- Wasioja, MN R+45
- Rochester, MN D+20
- Pine Island, MN R+28
- Rock Dell, MN R+41
Cities with Similar Populations
- Flatgap, KY R+75
- Grizzly Flats, CA R+30
- Phipps, WI R+17
- Seaview, WA D+9
- Boreman, WV R+52
- Guernsey, WY R+75
- Pengilly, MN R+26
- St. Regis, MT R+52
- Thornton, KY R+66
- Thetford Center, VT D+41
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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.