Minden, LA · 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 Parish, Louisiana. The figures below are that county’s, which is the same territory — not a larger unit standing in for it.
Presidential nominating contests in Minden, LA, 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+5.0
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+36.5
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 31 points more Republican than the rolls.
23,368 registered voters · 2024
Democratic35.0%Republican40.0%Other25.0%
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−91 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −3,637 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Minden, LA in Minden, LA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+23
2012
−403
2013
−202
2014
−324
2015
−270
2016
−303
2017
−418
2018
−410
2019
−376
2021
−550
2022
−110
2023
−74
2024
−129
2025
−91
Minden anchors a rural northwest Louisiana market where oil-and-gas employment and a predominantly Black urban core produce divergent voting patterns within a single compact labor shed.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 98.7 points in 1916 and a Republican high of 64.7 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 5.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 36.5 points.
A population of 35,820, a 61% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $41,182 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC and Tifton, GA.
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In 2024, Minden, LA, Louisiana voted Republican by 36.5 points (R+36.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 16,205 votes cast, 5,053 went Democratic and 10,965 went Republican.
When did Minden, LA, Louisiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Minden, LA, Louisiana voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Minden, LA, Louisiana?
Minden, LA, Louisiana has a population of 35,820 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Minden, LA, Louisiana?
Median household income in Minden, LA, Louisiana is $41,182 — below the national median of $80,734. The Louisiana state median is $60,756.
What is the political history of Minden, LA, Louisiana?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Minden, LA, Louisiana from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 14 went Republican.
