Fergus Falls, 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: Otter Tail 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 Fergus Falls, 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 Fergus Falls, MN
Year
Total registered
2016
38,197
2018
37,358
2020
40,982
2022
40,021
2024
42,746
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+177 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +2,679 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Fergus Falls, MN in Fergus Falls, MN: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+61
2012
−32
2013
+238
2014
−44
2015
+31
2016
+241
2017
+266
2018
+491
2019
+87
2021
+295
2022
+465
2023
+190
2024
+213
2025
+177
Fergus Falls anchors a region where agricultural heritage and a dense network of lakes shape both the economy and a persistently Republican-leaning electorate that has backed GOP presidential candidates by wide margins in recent cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 15.0 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 66.2 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 1.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 34.1 points.
A population of 60,475, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $72,255 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Alexandria, MN and Detroit Lakes, MN.
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In 2024, Fergus Falls, MN, Minnesota voted Republican by 34.1 points (R+34.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 36,736 votes cast, 11,752 went Democratic and 24,276 went Republican.
When did Fergus Falls, MN, Minnesota last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Fergus Falls, MN, Minnesota voted Democratic was 1932.
How many people live in Fergus Falls, MN, Minnesota?
Fergus Falls, MN, Minnesota has a population of 60,475 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Fergus Falls, MN, Minnesota?
Median household income in Fergus Falls, MN, Minnesota is $72,255 — below the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of Fergus Falls, MN, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Fergus Falls, MN, Minnesota from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 2 went Democratic and 31 went Republican.
