Fort Dodge, IA · 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: Webster County, Iowa. The figures below are that county’s, which is the same territory — not a larger unit standing in for it.
Presidential nominating contests in Fort Dodge, IA, 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
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024R+13.3
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+31.1
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 18 points more Republican than the rolls.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Fort Dodge, IA
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2008
26,139
10,256
6,768
9,107
8
2010
26,534
9,994
7,405
9,118
17
2012
26,014
9,407
7,228
9,355
24
2014
25,821
9,197
6,975
9,601
48
2016
25,943
8,779
7,349
9,710
105
2018
25,714
8,128
7,445
9,963
178
2020
25,964
8,278
8,350
9,130
206
2022
25,309
7,381
8,664
9,051
213
2024
24,851
6,359
9,652
8,598
242
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−10 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −2,814 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Fort Dodge, IA in Fort Dodge, IA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−170
2012
−424
2013
−15
2014
−302
2015
−66
2016
−351
2017
−179
2018
−360
2019
−467
2021
+284
2022
−534
2023
−218
2024
−2
2025
−10
Fort Dodge anchors a mid-size metro where meatpacking, gypsum mining, and healthcare employment create a blue-collar electorate that has swung both parties' way in recent presidential cycles by margins worth tracking.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 32.7 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 42.4 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 6.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 31.1 points.
A population of 36,886, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $68,975 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Fort Madison, IA and Clinton, IA.
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In 2024, Fort Dodge, IA, Iowa voted Republican by 31.1 points (R+31.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 16,748 votes cast, 5,641 went Democratic and 10,850 went Republican.
When did Fort Dodge, IA, Iowa last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Fort Dodge, IA, Iowa voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Fort Dodge, IA, Iowa?
Fort Dodge, IA, Iowa has a population of 36,886 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Fort Dodge, IA, Iowa?
Median household income in Fort Dodge, IA, Iowa is $68,975 — below the national median of $80,734. The Iowa state median is $75,059.
What is the political history of Fort Dodge, IA, Iowa?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Fort Dodge, IA, Iowa from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 18 went Republican.
