Pella, 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: Marion 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 Pella, 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+27.8
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+37.6
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 9.9 points more Republican than the rolls.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Pella, IA
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2008
24,505
7,280
8,675
8,546
4
2010
24,690
6,838
9,277
8,566
9
2012
24,555
6,258
9,821
8,455
21
2014
24,727
5,960
9,852
8,881
34
2016
24,509
5,795
10,221
8,406
87
2018
23,985
5,395
10,202
8,257
131
2020
24,757
5,814
11,148
7,625
170
2022
24,676
5,291
11,377
7,830
178
2024
25,275
4,793
11,807
8,480
195
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+269 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +590 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Pella, IA in Pella, IA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−40
2012
−14
2013
−300
2014
+188
2015
−181
2016
−23
2017
−83
2018
+147
2019
−23
2021
+48
2022
+223
2023
+72
2024
+307
2025
+269
Pella, IA sits in the Corn Belt. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 33.8 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 37.6 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 3.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 37.6 points.
A population of 33,642, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $78,680 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Oskaloosa, IA and Beatrice, NE.
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In 2024, Pella, IA, Iowa voted Republican by 37.6 points (R+37.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 19,566 votes cast, 5,928 went Democratic and 13,289 went Republican.
When did Pella, IA, Iowa last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Pella, IA, Iowa voted Democratic was 1988.
How many people live in Pella, IA, Iowa?
Pella, IA, Iowa has a population of 33,642 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Pella, IA, Iowa?
Median household income in Pella, IA, Iowa is $78,680 — below the national median of $80,734. The Iowa state median is $75,059.
What is the political history of Pella, IA, Iowa?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Pella, IA, Iowa from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 13 went Democratic and 20 went Republican.
