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1876–2024
New Ulm, MN·Minnesota

New Ulm, MN has voted Republican in fifteen straight presidential elections — R+35 in 2024.

A small German-heritage city where rural Catholic identity shapes the ballot

1876 — 2024·38 elections
MN
LatestR+35in 2024
TypologyFarm Beltcluster typology
Population25,8002024 ACS

New Ulm, MN, Minnesota: Farm Belt metro. In 2024, voted R+35%. Republican peak: R+70 in 1920.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+35MIT Election Lab
Political typology
Farm BeltAkashic typology
Population
25,8002024 5-year
Median household income
$69,3782024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
92.7%2024 5-year
Black
1.0%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
5.1%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+52 in 1932MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+70 in 1920MIT Election Lab
2024 presidential election
New Ulm, MN
TrumpR+35
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How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican66.4%9,692
Kamala HarrisDemocratic31.3%4,576
OtherAll other candidates2.3%330
D+60
R+60
1 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1876 to 2024. Most recent: −35.0% in 2024.flipped R · 1968−35.0%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884No data
1888No data
1892−3.3%
1896−10.0%
1900−6.9%
1904−39.7%
1908+0.5%
1912+28.1%
1916−28.1%
1920−69.7%
1924−28.1%
1928+19.2%
1932+52.4%
1936+38.6%
1940−34.1%
1944−42.0%
1948−2.6%
1952−44.4%
1956−44.3%
1960−13.9%
1964+1.8%
1968−19.9%
1972−27.1%
1976−12.0%
1980−22.2%
1984−30.3%
1988−14.7%
1992−8.2%
1996−5.8%
2000−21.2%
2004−23.5%
2008−12.1%
2012−16.6%
2016−35.9%
2020−32.8%
2024−35.0%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−35.0%
4,5769,69214,598
R
−32.8%
4,7539,55214,635
R
−35.9%
3,7638,70813,779
R
−16.6%
5,6307,93813,929
R
−12.1%
5,8097,45613,620
R
−23.5%
5,1588,39513,778
R
−21.2%
4,6507,37012,834
R
−5.8%
4,8645,58012,359
R
−8.2%
4,2785,39013,621
R
−14.7%
5,1096,89812,173
R
−30.3%
4,4698,39912,977
R
−22.2%
4,9158,05114,122
R
−12.0%
5,7927,47914,039
R
−27.1%
4,3477,79112,729
R
−19.9%
4,5857,03912,350
D
+1.8%
6,0695,85111,937
R
−13.9%
5,3537,08412,453
R
−44.3%
3,0677,96511,059
R
−44.4%
3,1298,15211,308
R
−2.6%
4,8045,06810,016
R
−42.0%
2,8427,0189,949
R
−34.1%
3,6787,53311,301
D
+38.6%
6,6372,67910,267
D
+52.4%
6,7162,0278,955
D
+19.2%
5,3413,6119,016
O
−28.1%
2702,2557,076
R
−69.7%
7965,8417,240
R
−28.1%
1,1012,0783,482
D
+28.1%
1,3594723,161
D
+0.5%
1,5361,5183,357
R
−39.7%
8692,0733,031
R
−6.9%
1,4711,6953,256
R
−10.0%
1,4691,8073,383
R
−3.3%
1,0801,1742,807
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Demographics

2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
56.8%
Irish
5.9%
English
3.6%
American
3.4%
Polish
2.0%
French
2.0%
Scottish
1.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 42.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
1.7%
85+
2.3%
2.8%
75–84
3.5%
6.0%
65–74
6.0%
7.0%
55–64
7.1%
5.1%
45–54
5.1%
6.3%
35–44
5.7%
5.2%
25–34
5.4%
4.7%
18–24
4.3%
8.6%
5–17
7.8%
2.8%
<5
2.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$69,378
New Ulm, MN ranks near the middle of US counties.
New Ulm, MN$69,378
Minnesota$89,062
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
8.5%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 186.2%
Working age (18–64)8.1%
Seniors (65+)16.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.0%
speak English only
Spanish3.2%
Other Indo-European1.0%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.4%
Other languages0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
45.5%
Mainline Protestant
37.7%
Methodist
2.8%
Other Christian
1.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.4%
Non-Christian
0.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 12.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

New Ulm anchors Brown County, one of Minnesota's most reliably conservative enclaves, where German Lutheran and Catholic settlement patterns dating to the 1850s still correlate with voting margins that routinely diverge from statewide trends.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of fifty-two points in 1932 and a Republican high of seventy points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was thirty-five points.

A population of 25,800, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $69,378 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did New Ulm, MN, Minnesota vote in 2024?
In 2024, New Ulm, MN, Minnesota voted Republican by 35.0 points (R+35), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 14,598 votes cast, 4,576 went Democratic and 9,692 went Republican.
What is New Ulm, MN, Minnesota's political typology?
Akashic places New Ulm, MN, Minnesota in the "Farm Belt" typology. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 6 times, Republican 27 times, and other 1 times.
When did New Ulm, MN, Minnesota last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which New Ulm, MN, Minnesota voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in New Ulm, MN, Minnesota?
New Ulm, MN, Minnesota has a population of 25,800 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in New Ulm, MN, Minnesota?
Median household income in New Ulm, MN, Minnesota is $69,378 — below the national median of $80,734. The Minnesota state median is $89,062.
What is the political history of New Ulm, MN, Minnesota?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in New Ulm, MN, Minnesota from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 27 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Farm Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.