Ocala, 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: Marion 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 Ocala, 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+23.8
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+31.6
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 7.9 points more Republican than the rolls.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Ocala, FL
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2017
232,693
77,250
103,009
51,372
1,062
2018
244,774
79,907
108,935
54,262
1,670
2019
247,408
79,826
110,265
55,074
2,243
2020
267,579
84,166
122,651
57,117
3,645
2021
265,038
80,632
121,685
58,478
4,243
2023
249,288
67,621
123,470
52,371
5,826
2024
272,755
71,654
136,455
55,918
8,728
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+15,971 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +113,849 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Ocala, FL in Ocala, FL: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+1,523
2012
+2,202
2013
+2,179
2014
+3,730
2015
+4,999
2016
+6,117
2017
+6,898
2018
+6,857
2019
+8,136
2021
+11,372
2022
+13,088
2023
+15,145
2024
+15,632
2025
+15,971
The Ocala metro, anchored by Marion County's retiree-heavy and horse-country economy, swung to within 1 point in 2024 after posting double-digit Republican margins for much of the past decade.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 72.0 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 56.5 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 5.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 31.6 points.
A population of 400,078, a 66% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $61,010 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Sebring, FL and Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL.
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In 2024, Ocala, FL, Florida voted Republican by 31.6 points (R+31.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 214,106 votes cast, 72,436 went Democratic and 140,173 went Republican.
When did Ocala, FL, Florida last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Ocala, FL, Florida voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Ocala, FL, Florida?
Ocala, FL, Florida has a population of 400,078 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Ocala, FL, Florida?
Median household income in Ocala, FL, Florida is $61,010 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Ocala, FL, Florida?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Ocala, FL, Florida from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 17 went Republican.
