Okeechobee, FL · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1920–2024 · 27 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1932
89.9%
802 votes · D+79.8
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940 · 87.1%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
80.6%
2,581 votes · R+61.2
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 76.7%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
John Kerry2004
5,153votes
42.3% of the vote · R+15.0
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 5,108 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
12,315votes
76.7% of the vote · R+53.8
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 11,470 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
James M. Cox1920
+75.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+49.2 · U.S. R+26.2
Runner-up · John W. Davis, 1924 · +71.1 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2024
+52.4pts R vs U.S.
Place R+53.8 · U.S. R+1.5
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · +48.8 pts
presidential primaries
Nominating contests
Okeechobee, 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: Okeechobee 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 Okeechobee, 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+35.7
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+53.8
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 18 points more Republican than the rolls.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Okeechobee, FL
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2017
19,877
7,357
8,577
3,850
93
2018
20,677
7,272
9,153
4,092
160
2019
20,817
6,948
9,437
4,212
220
2020
22,629
6,879
11,044
4,379
327
2021
22,885
6,628
11,354
4,549
354
2023
19,249
4,546
10,938
3,317
448
2024
21,231
4,714
12,290
3,525
702
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+164 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +3,181 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Okeechobee, FL in Okeechobee, FL: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−353
2012
−368
2013
−369
2014
−95
2015
+107
2016
+744
2017
+338
2018
+248
2019
+358
2021
+423
2022
+397
2023
+1,009
2024
+578
2025
+164
Okeechobee, FL sits in the Gulf South and peninsula. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 79.8 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 61.2 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 9.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 53.8 points.
A population of 40,816, a 62% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $57,984 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Kennett, MO and Arcadia, FL.
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In 2024, Okeechobee, FL, Florida voted Republican by 53.8 points (R+53.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 16,058 votes cast, 3,671 went Democratic and 12,315 went Republican.
When did Okeechobee, FL, Florida last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Okeechobee, FL, Florida voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Okeechobee, FL, Florida?
Okeechobee, FL, Florida has a population of 40,816 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Okeechobee, FL, Florida?
Median household income in Okeechobee, FL, Florida is $57,984 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Okeechobee, FL, Florida?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Okeechobee, FL, Florida from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 12 went Republican.
