Alpena, MI · 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: Alpena County, Michigan. The figures below are that county’s, which is the same territory — not a larger unit standing in for it.
Presidential nominating contests in Alpena, MI, 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 Alpena, MI
Year
Total registered
2016
23,549
2018
23,302
2020
24,918
2022
24,995
2024
25,320
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+165 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +639 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Alpena, MI in Alpena, MI: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−96
2012
−48
2013
−85
2014
−17
2015
−73
2016
+53
2017
−114
2018
+27
2019
+76
2021
+200
2022
+111
2023
+240
2024
+200
2025
+165
Alpena anchors one of Michigan's least densely populated media markets, where Catholic working-class heritage and a shrinking manufacturing base have shaped a county that swung sharply toward Republican presidential candidates over the past two decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 31.0 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 60.3 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 1.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 28.6 points.
A population of 28,880, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $53,950 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Bay City, MI and Monroe, MI.
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In 2024, Alpena, MI, Michigan voted Republican by 28.6 points (R+28.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 17,213 votes cast, 6,038 went Democratic and 10,967 went Republican.
When did Alpena, MI, Michigan last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Alpena, MI, Michigan voted Democratic was 2008.
How many people live in Alpena, MI, Michigan?
Alpena, MI, Michigan has a population of 28,880 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Alpena, MI, Michigan?
Median household income in Alpena, MI, Michigan is $53,950 — below the national median of $80,734. The Michigan state median is $72,875.
What is the political history of Alpena, MI, Michigan?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Alpena, MI, Michigan from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 7 went Democratic and 26 went Republican.
