Clarksdale, MS · 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: Coahoma County, Mississippi. The figures below are that county’s, which is the same territory — not a larger unit standing in for it.
Presidential nominating contests in Clarksdale, MS, 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 Clarksdale, MS
Year
Total registered
2016
17,838
2018
18,171
2020
18,471
2022
15,393
2024
15,358
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−309 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −6,812 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Clarksdale, MS in Clarksdale, MS: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−410
2012
−386
2013
−566
2014
−471
2015
−457
2016
−768
2017
−739
2018
−638
2019
−548
2021
−398
2022
−485
2023
−297
2024
−340
2025
−309
Clarksdale anchors one of the most heavily African American counties in the nation, where Democratic presidential candidates have routinely cleared 70–80% of the vote, reflecting both demographic concentration and a century of civil-rights organizing history.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 95.4 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 62.5 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 3.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 39.8 points.
A population of 20,540, a 19% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $37,461 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Selma, AL and Cleveland, MS.
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In 2024, Clarksdale, MS, Mississippi voted Democratic by 39.8 points (D+39.8), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 6,790 votes cast, 4,711 went Democratic and 2,008 went Republican.
When did Clarksdale, MS, Mississippi last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Clarksdale, MS, Mississippi voted Republican was 1972.
How many people live in Clarksdale, MS, Mississippi?
Clarksdale, MS, Mississippi has a population of 20,540 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Clarksdale, MS, Mississippi?
Median household income in Clarksdale, MS, Mississippi is $37,461 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $56,447.
What is the political history of Clarksdale, MS, Mississippi?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Clarksdale, MS, Mississippi from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 29 went Democratic and 2 went Republican.
