Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA · 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: Thurston County, Washington. The figures below are that county’s, which is the same territory — not a larger unit standing in for it.
Presidential nominating contests in Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA, 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
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA
Year
Total registered
2016
194,421
2018
201,411
2020
217,969
2022
221,360
2024
235,141
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+1,575 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +29,214 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA in Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+1,864
2012
+218
2013
+1,739
2014
+1,278
2015
+1,442
2016
+4,231
2017
+5,174
2018
+4,659
2019
+3,351
2021
+1,466
2022
+149
2023
−2
2024
+2,070
2025
+1,575
Home to Washington's capitol complex, the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater area's workforce skews heavily toward public-sector jobs, a demographic profile that correlates with consistent margins favoring Democrats in statewide contests.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 39.4 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 47.1 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 1.7 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 20.3 points.
A population of 299,067, a 70% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $96,563 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA and Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA.
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How did Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA, Washington vote in 2024?
In 2024, Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA, Washington voted Democratic by 20.3 points (D+20.3), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 164,537 votes cast, 95,663 went Democratic and 62,282 went Republican.
When did Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA, Washington last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA, Washington voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA, Washington?
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA, Washington has a population of 299,067 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA, Washington?
Median household income in Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA, Washington is $96,563 — above the national median of $80,734. The Washington state median is $98,141.
What is the political history of Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA, Washington?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA, Washington from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 14 went Republican.
