Bishop, CA · 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: Inyo County, California. The figures below are that county’s, which is the same territory — not a larger unit standing in for it.
Presidential nominating contests in Bishop, CA, 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+4.0
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+3.0
Registration and the presidential vote track closely here — within 1.1 points.
10,770 registered voters · 2024 · up from 10,684 in 2022
Domestic migration in Bishop, CA in Bishop, CA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−113
2012
−68
2013
−20
2014
−104
2015
−209
2016
−211
2017
−21
2018
+48
2019
+57
2021
−56
2022
−157
2023
−158
2024
−42
2025
−54
Seat of Inyo County, Bishop anchors a vast, sparsely populated stretch of the Eastern Sierra where long-running disputes over Los Angeles water diversions have defined civic identity for over a century.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 49.5 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 42.0 points in 1984. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 3.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 3.0 points.
A population of 18,739, a 58% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $73,991 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Carson City, NV and Steamboat Springs, CO.
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In 2024, Bishop, CA, California voted Republican by 3.0 points (R+3.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 8,951 votes cast, 4,201 went Democratic and 4,468 went Republican.
When did Bishop, CA, California last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Bishop, CA, California voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in Bishop, CA, California?
Bishop, CA, California has a population of 18,739 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Bishop, CA, California?
Median household income in Bishop, CA, California is $73,991 — below the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Bishop, CA, California?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Bishop, CA, California from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 9 went Democratic and 24 went Republican.
