La Grande, OR · 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: Union County, Oregon. The figures below are that county’s, which is the same territory — not a larger unit standing in for it.
Presidential nominating contests in La Grande, OR, 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+25.6
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+40.0
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 14 points more Republican than the rolls.
19,655 registered voters · 2024 · up from 19,241 in 2022
Domestic migration in La Grande, OR in La Grande, OR: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+91
2012
−169
2013
−340
2014
+45
2015
+38
2016
+304
2017
+264
2018
+284
2019
+126
2021
+150
2022
−6
2023
−169
2024
+91
2025
+40
Anchored by Union County in the Blue Mountains corridor, La Grande leans Republican by wide margins in statewide races, reflecting the rural, agriculture-dependent economy that defines much of Oregon east of the Cascades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 46.6 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 40.4 points in 2020. The 2024 margin was 40.0 points.
A population of 26,144, a 86% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $65,661 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Baker City, OR and Sheridan, WY.
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In 2024, La Grande, OR, Oregon voted Republican by 40.0 points (R+40.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 14,574 votes cast, 4,107 went Democratic and 9,942 went Republican.
When did La Grande, OR, Oregon last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which La Grande, OR, Oregon voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in La Grande, OR, Oregon?
La Grande, OR, Oregon has a population of 26,144 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in La Grande, OR, Oregon?
Median household income in La Grande, OR, Oregon is $65,661 — below the national median of $80,734. The Oregon state median is $83,011.
What is the political history of La Grande, OR, Oregon?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in La Grande, OR, Oregon from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 11 went Democratic and 21 went Republican.
