Winona, MN · 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: Winona County, Minnesota. The figures below are that county’s, which is the same territory — not a larger unit standing in for it.
Presidential nominating contests in Winona, MN, 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 Winona, MN
Year
Total registered
2016
31,524
2018
29,402
2020
31,241
2022
30,122
2024
32,327
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+146 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −1,408 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Winona, MN in Winona, MN: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−170
2012
−159
2013
−189
2014
−452
2015
−332
2016
−85
2017
−211
2018
−36
2019
−292
2021
+38
2022
−71
2023
+21
2024
+384
2025
+146
Winona's electorate is heavily influenced by the student population at Winona State University and Saint Mary's University, compressing the median voter age and boosting turnout volatility in even-numbered years.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 31.1 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 44.2 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 5.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 4.9 points.
A population of 49,779, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $70,744 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Stevens Point-Plover, WI and La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN.
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In 2024, Winona, MN, Minnesota voted Republican by 4.9 points (R+4.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 27,797 votes cast, 12,929 went Democratic and 14,288 went Republican.
When did Winona, MN, Minnesota last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Winona, MN, Minnesota voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in Winona, MN, Minnesota?
Winona, MN, Minnesota has a population of 49,779 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Winona, MN, Minnesota?
Median household income in Winona, MN, Minnesota is $70,744 — below the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of Winona, MN, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Winona, MN, Minnesota from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 16 went Republican.
