Lake City, FL · 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: Columbia County, Florida. The figures below are that county’s, which is the same territory — not a larger unit standing in for it.
Presidential nominating contests in Lake City, FL, 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+32.4
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+50.2
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 18 points more Republican than the rolls.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Lake City, FL
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2017
38,753
14,410
17,266
6,868
209
2018
40,655
14,297
18,874
7,181
303
2019
41,260
13,963
19,617
7,324
356
2020
44,577
13,800
22,419
7,833
525
2021
43,441
12,958
22,094
7,780
609
2023
39,218
10,085
21,856
6,472
805
2024
43,032
10,439
24,395
7,007
1,191
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+503 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +8,490 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Lake City, FL in Lake City, FL: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−287
2012
+484
2013
−501
2014
+338
2015
+298
2016
+956
2017
+631
2018
+714
2019
+1,065
2021
+416
2022
+2,091
2023
+1,308
2024
+474
2025
+503
Lake City's metropolitan area is defined by Columbia County, a sparsely populated north-central Florida county where timber and agriculture shape both the economy and a persistently wide Republican margin in statewide races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 87.0 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 60.3 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 5.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 50.2 points.
A population of 71,789, a 70% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $59,205 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Jesup, GA and Enterprise, AL.
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In 2024, Lake City, FL, Florida voted Republican by 50.2 points (R+50.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 33,592 votes cast, 8,250 went Democratic and 25,108 went Republican.
When did Lake City, FL, Florida last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Lake City, FL, Florida voted Democratic was 1980.
How many people live in Lake City, FL, Florida?
Lake City, FL, Florida has a population of 71,789 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lake City, FL, Florida?
Median household income in Lake City, FL, Florida is $59,205 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Lake City, FL, Florida?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Lake City, FL, Florida from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 13 went Republican.
