Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL · 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 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, by party and cycle.
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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.
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voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL
Year
Total registered
2018
104,499
2020
111,966
2022
110,945
2024
116,181
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+526 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +9,699 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+38
2012
+233
2013
+315
2014
+504
2015
−386
2016
+154
2017
+630
2018
+541
2019
+611
2021
+1,821
2022
+1,886
2023
+1,587
2024
+1,239
2025
+526
The Shoals metro anchors Alabama's northwest corner with a legacy of TVA-era industrial employment and FAME Studios-era cultural identity; Colbert and Lauderdale counties have voted Republican at the presidential level by 40-plus-point margins in recent cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 85.0 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 49.4 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 6.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 49.4 points.
A population of 153,852, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $61,887 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Union City, TN and Gadsden, AL.
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How did Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, Alabama vote in 2024?
In 2024, Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, Alabama voted Republican by 49.4 points (R+49.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 70,797 votes cast, 17,463 went Democratic and 52,422 went Republican.
When did Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, Alabama last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, Alabama voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, Alabama?
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, Alabama has a population of 153,852 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, Alabama?
Median household income in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, Alabama is $61,887 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, Alabama from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 22 went Democratic and 9 went Republican.
