Centralia, WA · 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: Lewis County, Washington. The figures below are that county’s, which is the same territory — not a larger unit standing in for it.
Presidential nominating contests in Centralia, WA, 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
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Centralia, WA
Year
Total registered
2016
50,023
2018
52,381
2020
57,904
2022
59,519
2024
63,028
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+941 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +10,245 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Centralia, WA in Centralia, WA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+58
2012
−306
2013
−533
2014
−215
2015
+528
2016
+1,082
2017
+1,476
2018
+1,246
2019
+1,087
2021
+2,249
2022
+920
2023
+963
2024
+749
2025
+941
Centralia, WA sits in the Pacific Northwest. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 27.0 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 49.7 points in 1904. The 2024 margin was 32.8 points.
A population of 85,154, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $74,796 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Roseburg, OR and Wilmington, OH.
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In 2024, Centralia, WA, Washington voted Republican by 32.8 points (R+32.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 45,338 votes cast, 14,433 went Democratic and 29,322 went Republican.
When did Centralia, WA, Washington last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Centralia, WA, Washington voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Centralia, WA, Washington?
Centralia, WA, Washington has a population of 85,154 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Centralia, WA, Washington?
Median household income in Centralia, WA, Washington is $74,796 — below the national median of $80,734. The Washington state median is $98,141.
What is the political history of Centralia, WA, Washington?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Centralia, WA, Washington from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 28 went Republican.
