Manitowoc, WI · 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: Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. The figures below are that county’s, which is the same territory — not a larger unit standing in for it.
Presidential nominating contests in Manitowoc, WI, 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.
domestic migration
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Net domestic migration over time
−41 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −1,844 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Manitowoc, WI in Manitowoc, WI: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−352
2012
−457
2013
−242
2014
−556
2015
−400
2016
−109
2017
−218
2018
−63
2019
−36
2021
+297
2022
−94
2023
+207
2024
+220
2025
−41
Manitowoc's economy is anchored by heavy manufacturing and shipbuilding heritage, producing a blue-collar electorate that has swung between parties in statewide races by narrow margins.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 53.5 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 46.8 points in 1920. The 2024 margin was 23.3 points.
A population of 81,406, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $69,148 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI and Marinette, WI-MI.
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In 2024, Manitowoc, WI, Wisconsin voted Republican by 23.3 points (R+23.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 46,316 votes cast, 17,399 went Democratic and 28,200 went Republican.
When did Manitowoc, WI, Wisconsin last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Manitowoc, WI, Wisconsin voted Democratic was 2008.
How many people live in Manitowoc, WI, Wisconsin?
Manitowoc, WI, Wisconsin has a population of 81,406 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Manitowoc, WI, Wisconsin?
Median household income in Manitowoc, WI, Wisconsin is $69,148 — below the national median of $80,734. The Wisconsin state median is $77,485.
What is the political history of Manitowoc, WI, Wisconsin?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Manitowoc, WI, Wisconsin from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 17 went Republican.
