Albert Lea, MN · which candidate this place backed in each party’s presidential nominating contest, cycle by cycle. A primary is a contest inside one party, so it has no Democratic–Republican margin and is not part of the general-election record above.
Akashic reports votes cast, not delegates awarded. The two can disagree: Clinton led the 2008 national primary popular vote by less than half a point and did not win the nomination.
Primary returns are published at county grain, and this place is a single county: Freeborn County, Minnesota. The figures below are that county’s, which is the same territory — not a larger unit standing in for it.
Presidential nominating contests in Albert Lea, MN, by party and cycle.
○no contest record — Akashic holds no result for that party and cycle here. It is not a claim that no contest was held. Telling apart a contest that was cancelled, one that went uncontested, and one simply not yet ingested needs a nominating-contest calendar, which is a separate ingest from results and does not exist yet.
Republican presidential primaries are not yet ingested — the Republican series runs from 1856 and is in scope. The row is kept so its absence is visible: a Democratic-only panel would otherwise read as though no one else held a contest.
Akashic carries 10 states for 2012 and 3 states for 2024. Cycles in which an incumbent president seeks renomination are thin by nature — few states run a contested primary — so a sparse column is politics, not a hole in the record.
County returns carry a leader and a lead over the runner-up, and nothing more. The full candidate field with vote shares is published at state grain — follow a cycle above to the state contest for it.
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Albert Lea, MN
Year
Total registered
2016
18,915
2018
18,185
2020
19,297
2022
18,766
2024
19,838
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+102 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −965 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Albert Lea, MN in Albert Lea, MN: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−145
2012
−26
2013
−169
2014
−186
2015
−167
2016
−111
2017
+146
2018
−67
2019
−187
2021
−33
2022
−31
2023
−107
2024
+16
2025
+102
Albert Lea anchors a southern Minnesota metro where food-processing employment draws a growing Latino workforce alongside longtime Scandinavian-heritage residents, producing a demographic mix that has tightened margins in recent cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 26.4 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 68.3 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 5.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 21.3 points.
A population of 30,623, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $71,023 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Mason City, IA and Austin, MN.
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In 2024, Albert Lea, MN, Minnesota voted Republican by 21.3 points (R+21.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 16,704 votes cast, 6,448 went Democratic and 10,003 went Republican.
When did Albert Lea, MN, Minnesota last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Albert Lea, MN, Minnesota voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Albert Lea, MN, Minnesota?
Albert Lea, MN, Minnesota has a population of 30,623 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Albert Lea, MN, Minnesota?
Median household income in Albert Lea, MN, Minnesota is $71,023 — below the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of Albert Lea, MN, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Albert Lea, MN, Minnesota from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 17 went Republican.
