Galesburg, IL · 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: Knox County, Illinois. The figures below are that county’s, which is the same territory — not a larger unit standing in for it.
Presidential nominating contests in Galesburg, IL, 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 Galesburg, IL
Year
Total registered
2016
16,520
2018
15,272
2020
15,323
2022
14,112
2024
14,656
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−87 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −4,374 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Galesburg, IL in Galesburg, IL: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−97
2012
−306
2013
−77
2014
−206
2015
−537
2016
−403
2017
−358
2018
−586
2019
−296
2021
−259
2022
−514
2023
−496
2024
−152
2025
−87
Galesburg anchors Knox County, which swung sharply toward Republicans after Maytag's 2004 plant closure eliminated roughly 1,600 jobs and accelerated a demographic shift toward older, working-class white voters.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 20.7 points in 1996 and a Republican high of 57.1 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 3.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 9.4 points.
A population of 49,046, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $57,030 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Burlington, IA-IL and Aberdeen, WA.
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In 2024, Galesburg, IL, Illinois voted Republican by 9.4 points (R+9.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 22,191 votes cast, 9,838 went Democratic and 11,917 went Republican.
When did Galesburg, IL, Illinois last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Galesburg, IL, Illinois voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Galesburg, IL, Illinois?
Galesburg, IL, Illinois has a population of 49,046 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Galesburg, IL, Illinois?
Median household income in Galesburg, IL, Illinois is $57,030 — below the national median of $80,734. The Illinois state median is $83,390.
What is the political history of Galesburg, IL, Illinois?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Galesburg, IL, Illinois from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 9 went Democratic and 24 went Republican.
