Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL · 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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, 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 · 2024D+8.7
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+1.1
Registration leans Democratic; the presidential vote runs 7.6 points more Republican than the rolls.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2017
3,477,798
1,561,280
881,506
1,022,435
12,577
2018
3,567,859
1,596,554
897,235
1,048,367
25,703
2019
3,592,836
1,593,364
899,555
1,065,804
34,113
2020
3,881,521
1,701,954
1,001,259
1,121,842
56,466
2021
3,781,505
1,628,590
976,467
1,113,578
62,870
2023
3,573,540
1,437,042
973,939
1,090,113
72,446
2024
3,647,490
1,386,943
1,070,898
1,097,546
92,103
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−113,724 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −559,504 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+7,476
2012
+2,253
2013
−1,230
2014
−12,784
2015
−16,049
2016
−19,284
2017
−45,405
2018
−57,137
2019
−50,615
2021
−47,214
2022
−37,124
2023
−66,305
2024
−102,362
2025
−113,724
Rapid in-migration from Latin America and the Northeast has steadily reshaped the electorate, making registration trends and turnout patterns among naturalized citizens some of the most closely watched signals in Florida statewide races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 95.6 points in 1892 and a Republican high of 31.4 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 15.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 1.1 points.
A population of 6,249,291, a 27% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $76,516 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ and Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN.
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How did Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, Florida vote in 2024?
In 2024, Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, Florida voted Democratic by 1.1 points (D+1.1), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 2,714,353 votes cast, 1,360,195 went Democratic and 1,331,378 went Republican.
When did Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, Florida last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, Florida voted Republican was 1988.
How many people live in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, Florida?
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, Florida has a population of 6,249,291 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, Florida?
Median household income in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, Florida is $76,516 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, Florida?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, Florida from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 26 went Democratic and 8 went Republican.
