Spencer-Spirit Lake, IA · how this place’s counties split between candidates 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 there is no roll-up above it. Each cell counts how many of this place’s counties a candidate led — a count of records, not a vote total. Who led the place as a whole is not knowable from these returns, because county rows carry a leader and a lead but no per-candidate votes.
Presidential nominating contests in Spencer-Spirit Lake, 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+32.8
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+41.3
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 8.4 points more Republican than the rolls.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Spencer-Spirit Lake, IA
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2008
26,263
6,363
9,340
10,557
3
2010
26,056
6,081
9,623
10,342
10
2012
26,109
5,701
10,324
10,069
15
2014
24,899
5,192
10,120
9,550
37
2016
25,654
4,843
11,789
8,939
83
2018
25,503
4,742
11,811
8,813
137
2020
26,541
5,400
12,669
8,289
183
2022
26,530
4,996
13,011
8,303
220
2024
26,667
4,647
13,403
8,380
237
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−184 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +694 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Spencer-Spirit Lake, IA in Spencer-Spirit Lake, IA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+210
2012
+29
2013
−127
2014
+58
2015
+169
2016
−73
2017
−86
2018
−56
2019
+30
2021
+287
2022
+308
2023
+79
2024
+50
2025
−184
Spencer-Spirit Lake, IA sits in the Corn Belt. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 22.4 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 62.0 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 5.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 41.3 points.
A population of 34,451, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $70,652 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Quincy-Hannibal, IL-MO and Johnstown-Somerset, PA.
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How did Spencer-Spirit Lake, IA, Iowa vote in 2024?
In 2024, Spencer-Spirit Lake, IA, Iowa voted Republican by 41.3 points (R+41.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 19,775 votes cast, 5,664 went Democratic and 13,822 went Republican.
When did Spencer-Spirit Lake, IA, Iowa last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Spencer-Spirit Lake, IA, Iowa voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Spencer-Spirit Lake, IA, Iowa?
Spencer-Spirit Lake, IA, Iowa has a population of 34,451 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Spencer-Spirit Lake, IA, Iowa?
Median household income in Spencer-Spirit Lake, IA, Iowa is $70,652 — below the national median of $80,734. The Iowa state median is $75,059.
What is the political history of Spencer-Spirit Lake, IA, Iowa?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Spencer-Spirit Lake, IA, Iowa from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 9 went Democratic and 24 went Republican.
