Nantucket, MA · 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: Nantucket County, Massachusetts. The figures below are that county’s, which is the same territory — not a larger unit standing in for it.
Presidential nominating contests in Nantucket, MA, 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 · 2025D+14.6
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+36.7
Registration leans Democratic; the presidential vote runs 22 points more Democratic than the rolls.
Domestic migration in Nantucket, MA in Nantucket, MA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−156
2012
+59
2013
+55
2014
+115
2015
−35
2016
−11
2017
−58
2018
−157
2019
+57
2021
+192
2022
−178
2023
−131
2024
−59
2025
−87
Nantucket's year-round population of roughly 14,000 swells in summer, but only permanent residents vote, producing an unusually affluent, highly educated electorate that has trended Democratic in presidential contests by wide margins.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 45.3 points in 2020 and a Republican high of 69.1 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 8.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 36.7 points.
A population of 14,483, a 68% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $139,688 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Breckenridge, CO and Vineyard Haven, MA.
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How did Nantucket, MA, Massachusetts vote in 2024?
In 2024, Nantucket, MA, Massachusetts voted Democratic by 36.7 points (D+36.7), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 7,118 votes cast, 4,784 went Democratic and 2,171 went Republican.
When did Nantucket, MA, Massachusetts last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Nantucket, MA, Massachusetts voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in Nantucket, MA, Massachusetts?
Nantucket, MA, Massachusetts has a population of 14,483 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Nantucket, MA, Massachusetts?
Median household income in Nantucket, MA, Massachusetts is $139,688 — above the national median of $80,734. The Massachusetts state median is $103,960.
What is the political history of Nantucket, MA, Massachusetts?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Nantucket, MA, Massachusetts from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 13 went Democratic and 21 went Republican.
