Cape Girardeau, MO-IL · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 · 34 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
57.9%
18,986 votes · D+15.8
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 56.3%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
73.8%
36,021 votes · R+48.8
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · 72.8%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
18,986votes
57.9% of the vote · D+15.8
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 18,680 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
36,021votes
73.8% of the vote · R+48.8
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 35,560 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
John W. Davis1924
+12.3pts D vs U.S.
Place R+12.9 · U.S. R+25.2
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +3.2 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2016
+52.0pts R vs U.S.
Place R+50.0 · U.S. D+2.1
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · +51.2 pts
U.S. House elections · 3 House
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U.S. House
On a multi-state Place, each row sums votes cast in the separate U.S. House races held inside the Place that year. It is a geographic vote total, not one contest or a seat tally.
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL · 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 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL, by party and cycle.
Party
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
Democratic
Clinton2Obama111,282 votes · 3 of 3 countiesprimary
○no contest record
Clinton2Sanders16,270 votes · 3 of 3 countiesprimary
Biden36,398 votes · 3 of 3 countiesprimary
○no contest record
Republicannot ingested
○no contest record
○no contest record
○no contest record
○no contest record
○no contest record
○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 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL
Year
Total registered
2016
69,378
2018
67,217
2020
70,399
2022
68,046
2024
70,296
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+484 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −473 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+275
2012
−158
2013
−305
2014
−56
2015
−374
2016
−392
2017
−522
2018
−162
2019
−362
2021
+384
2022
+594
2023
−109
2024
+230
2025
+484
Anchored by Cape Girardeau, Missouri, this small Mississippi River metro draws its political character from rural Bootheel counties and a regional university town that hasn't bucked the area's deepening rightward trend.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 15.8 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 50.0 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 48.8 points.
A population of 98,169, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $66,900 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Jefferson City, MO and Joplin, MO-KS.
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How did Cape Girardeau, MO-IL, Missouri vote in 2024?
In 2024, Cape Girardeau, MO-IL, Missouri voted Republican by 48.8 points (R+48.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 48,785 votes cast, 12,221 went Democratic and 36,021 went Republican.
When did Cape Girardeau, MO-IL, Missouri last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Cape Girardeau, MO-IL, Missouri voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL, Missouri?
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL, Missouri has a population of 98,169 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL, Missouri?
Median household income in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL, Missouri is $66,900 — below the national median of $80,734. The Missouri state median is $83,390.
What is the political history of Cape Girardeau, MO-IL, Missouri?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL, Missouri from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 29 went Republican.
