metro areaMiami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
presidential margin
2004–2024 · Democratic minus Republican
2004D+18.4
2008D+24.2
2012D+25.7
2016D+27.7
2020D+16.2
2024D+1.1
full record · 1892 → 2024
presidential returns
2024 turnout 67.1% of 4,044,146 citizens 18+
Year
Democrat
Republican
Others
Total
CVAP
Turnout
2024
1,360,195
1,331,378
22,780
2,714,353
4,044,146
67.1%
2020
1,670,188
1,200,953
16,505
2,887,646
3,960,256
72.9%
2016
1,552,139
867,352
54,996
2,474,487
3,753,675
65.9%
2012
1,399,403
824,480
11,574
2,235,457
3,434,607
65.1%
2008
1,353,742
824,317
9,826
2,187,885
3,280,939
66.7%
2004
1,192,292
818,457
15,471
2,026,220
3,127,271†
64.8%
† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
3 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupMiami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FLFloridaUnited States
Cuban18.5%7.3%0.7%
Colombian4.5%2.1%0.4%
Puerto Rican3.6%5.6%1.8%
Venezuelan3.4%1.6%—
Mexican2.5%3.3%11.3%
Dominican2.0%1.3%0.7%
Nicaraguan1.8%0.6%—
Honduran1.6%0.6%0.3%
American5.4%7.7%5.3%
Italian4.8%5.6%4.8%
German4.1%8.9%12.5%
Irish4.0%8.2%9.4%
English3.2%8.2%9.5%
Polish1.7%2.1%2.2%
Russian1.3%——
French1.1%1.7%1.6%
African American†9.1%9.5%9.9%
Haitian5.4%2.3%0.3%
Jamaican3.1%1.5%0.4%
African0.5%0.5%0.5%
Trinidadian and Tobagonian0.4%0.2%—
Bahamian0.3%——
West Indian0.2%——
Asian Indian0.9%0.9%1.4%
Chinese0.5%0.5%1.3%
Filipino0.3%0.5%0.9%
Vietnamese0.2%0.4%0.6%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
Florida
United States
Median age
42
43.1
39.1
Age 18–24
7.8%
8.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.2%
21.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
Florida
United States
Median household income
$76,516
$74,568
$84,427
Poverty rate
13.1%
12.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
36.6%
34.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
Florida
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
55.2%
30.7%
22.3%
Spanish
43.2%
22.6%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
5.9%
2.7%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
2.6%
1.9%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
Florida
United States
Catholic
23.8%
19.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
13.7%
18.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
53.8%
53.1%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+95.6%
1896
+0.5%
1900
+30.5%
1904
+45.5%
1908
+43.3%
1912
+59.8%
1916
+33.5%
1920
+6.0%
1924
+3.6%
1928
−24.8%
1932
+31.7%
1936
+43.2%
1940
+31.5%
1944
+28.0%
1948
+9.0%
1952
−19.8%
1956
−21.3%
1960
+2.5%
1964
+12.0%
1968
−5.5%
1972
−31.4%
1976
+9.9%
1980
−16.0%
1984
−17.8%
1988
−7.4%
1992
+12.0%
1996
+26.3%
2000
+22.4%
2004
+18.4%
2008
+24.2%
2012
+25.7%
2016
+27.7%
2020
+16.2%
2024
+1.1%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
50.1%Harris1,360,195
49.0%Trump1,331,378
0.4%Stein11,432 +5
D+1.1
R+15.2
D+2.5
2,714,353
All 8 candidates in 2024 · 6 minor / independent
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic50.1%1,360,195
Donald J TrumpRepublican49.0%1,331,378
Jill SteinIndependent0.4%11,432
Chase OliverLibertarian0.2%5,543
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.1%3,153
Peter SonskiIndependent0.1%1,405
Randall TerryIndependent0.0%1,210
OtherAll other candidates0.0%37
D
57.8%Biden1,670,188
41.6%Trump1,200,953
0.6%
D+16.2
R+11.4
D+11.8
2,887,646
D
62.7%Clinton1,552,139
35.1%Trump867,352
2.2%
D+27.7
D+2.0
D+25.6
2,474,487
D
62.6%Obama1,399,403
36.9%Romney824,480
0.5%
D+25.7
D+1.5
D+21.9
2,235,457
D
61.9%Obama1,353,742
37.7%McCain824,317
0.4%
D+24.2
D+5.7
D+16.9
2,187,885
D
58.8%Kerry1,192,292
40.4%Bush818,457
0.8%
D+18.4
R+3.9
D+20.9
2,026,220
D
60.4%Gore986,381
38.0%Bush620,477
1.7%
D+22.4
R+3.9
D+21.9
1,634,013
D
59.7%Clinton869,021
33.4%Dole486,421
6.9%
D+26.3
D+14.2
D+17.8
1,456,234
D
48.5%Clinton718,839
36.4%Bush540,495
15.1%
D+12.0
D+19.4
D+6.5
1,483,144
R
46.1%Dukakis579,443
53.5%Bush672,748
0.5%
R+7.4
D+10.4
D+0.3
1,258,087
R
41.1%Mondale534,538
58.9%Reagan765,833
0.0%
R+17.8
R+1.8
D+0.4
1,300,469
R
37.8%Carter449,182
53.8%Reagan639,220
8.4%
R+16.0
R+25.9
R+6.3
1,188,396
D
54.2%Carter576,243
44.3%Ford470,795
1.5%
D+9.9
D+41.3
D+7.9
1,062,942
R
34.1%McGovern292,645
65.5%Nixon561,727
0.4%
R+31.4
R+25.9
R+8.2
857,375
R
39.3%Humphrey266,139
44.8%Nixon303,535
15.8%
R+5.5
R+17.5
R+4.8
676,951
D
56.0%Johnson321,183
44.0%Goldwater252,358
0.0%
D+12.0
D+9.5
R+10.6
573,541
D
51.2%Kennedy260,796
48.8%Nixon248,137
0.0%
D+2.5
D+23.8
D+2.3
508,933
R
39.4%Stevenson136,441
60.6%Eisenhower210,236
0.0%
R+21.3
R+1.5
R+5.9
346,677
R
40.1%Stevenson118,599
59.9%Eisenhower177,275
0.0%
R+19.8
R+28.8
R+9.1
295,874
D
49.1%Truman76,185
40.1%Dewey62,230
10.8%
D+9.0
R+19.0
D+4.5
155,148
D
64.0%Roosevelt77,376
36.0%Dewey43,568
0.0%
D+28.0
R+3.5
D+20.5
120,944
D
65.7%Roosevelt70,227
34.3%Willkie36,583
0.0%
D+31.5
R+11.7
D+21.6
106,810
D
71.6%Roosevelt42,027
28.4%Landon16,679
0.0%
D+43.2
D+11.5
D+18.9
58,706
D
65.8%Roosevelt28,847
34.2%Hoover14,967
0.0%
D+31.7
D+56.4
D+13.9
43,814
R
36.7%Smith14,352
61.4%Hoover24,047
1.9%
R+24.8
R+28.4
R+7.3
39,156
D
35.5%Davis5,438
31.9%Coolidge4,886
32.5%
D+3.6
R+2.4
D+28.8
15,306
D
47.8%Cox6,191
41.7%Harding5,411
10.5%
D+6.0
R+27.4
D+32.2
12,963
D
55.6%Wilson2,761
22.1%Hughes1,098
22.4%
D+33.5
R+26.3
D+30.3
4,970
D
65.0%Wilson1,629
5.2%Taft130
29.8%
D+59.8
D+16.5
D+40.2
2,507
D
60.6%Bryan961
17.3%Taft275
22.1%
D+43.3
R+2.2
D+52.8
1,586
D
69.6%Parker887
24.1%Roosevelt307
6.4%
D+45.5
D+14.9
D+65.2
1,275
D
59.0%Bryan806
28.5%McKinley389
12.5%
D+30.5
D+30.0
D+38.1
1,365
D
47.0%Bryan372
46.5%McKinley368
6.6%
D+0.5
R+95.1
D+6.6
792
D
95.6%Cleveland109
0.0%Harrison0
4.4%
D+95.6
—
D+94.0
114
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
D
50.8%1,358,696
47.9%1,280,800
2,675,300
2022
D
50.9%942,392
48.2%892,928
1,853,024
2018
D
62.8%1,301,743
37.2%772,267
2,074,077
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 Democratic.
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.
