Wabasha leans Republican by roughly 16 points: about 42% of voters vote Democratic and 58% Republican.
About 80% of adults in Wabasha typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Wabasha, ~34% vote Democratic, ~47% Republican, and ~19% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Wabasha compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Wabasha is the least Republican-leaning.
Wabasha runs about 20 points more Republican than Minnesota as a whole. Minnesota leans Democratic overall, while Wabasha is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Wabasha. The northeast side runs the most Democratic (Even) and the southeast side runs the most Republican (R+23), a spread of about 25 points.
Why Wabasha 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 Wabasha, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Wabasha votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 23%, about 14 points below the U.S. average of 36%). Here an older population outweighs the Democratic lean that density usually predicts. Wabasha runs against the grain of Minnesota, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Wabasha, MN sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Wabasha looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Wabasha 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 69%, about 9 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Reads Landing, MN R+23
- Kellogg, MN R+34
- Nelson, WI R+31
- Tell, WI R+29
- West Newton, MN R+29
- Alma, WI R+28
- Pepin, WI R+21
- Herold, WI R+31
- Maxville, WI R+37
- Theilman, MN R+39
Cities with Similar Populations
- Tonkawa, OK R+55
- Beaver, UT R+72
- North Lima, OH R+31
- Kaneohe Bay, HI D+3
- Northwoods, MO D+86
- Catlett, VA R+26
- Taylor Lake Village, TX R+23
- Empire, AL R+79
- Indian River, MI R+22
- Cresson, PA R+43
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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.