Lester Prairie, MN
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | R+23.7 |
| 2012 | R+28.9 |
| 2016 | R+47.3 |
| 2020 | R+46.6 |
| 2024 | R+46.5 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 1,898 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+46.5 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $96,544 |
| County | McLeod County |
| State | MN |
Place narrative
Lester Prairie sits in McLeod County, a consistently Republican-leaning exurban corridor west of the Twin Cities metro, where small manufacturing and agricultural ties shape a working-class electorate that rarely swings dramatically cycle to cycle.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −46.5% | 252 | 705 | 17 | 974 |
| 2020 | R | −46.6% | 256 | 714 | 12 | 982 |
| 2016 | R | −47.3% | 197 | 611 | 67 | 875 |
| 2012 | R | −28.9% | 283 | 522 | 23 | 828 |
| 2008 | R | −23.7% | 324 | 534 | 29 | 887 |
| 2004† | R | −32.1% | 283 | 555 | 10 | 848 |
Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits.
These Census-place returns are modeled candidate-vote estimates on Census boundaries unless a row explicitly says certified. They are not automatically the official city or town return.
† 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source reported that cycle at county or municipality level (COVID-era consolidated reporting), so block-level detail is interpolated from adjacent cycles and scaled to certified totals.
Demographics
Akashic
| Race & Ethnicity | |
|---|---|
| White | 74.9% |
| Black | 1.1% |
| Asian | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 20.1% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $96,544 |
| Poverty rate | 3.0% |
| Median age | 32.8 |
| Age 18–29 | 19.4% |
| Age 65 and older | 11.7% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 12.9% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 15.9% |
ACS 5-year survey estimates, subject to a margin of error. Race shares are single-race; Hispanic or Latino is a separate, overlapping ethnicity.
Ancestry, religious adherence, and side-by-side parent comparisons appear on the McLeod County county page and the MN state page.