Palatka, 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: Putnam 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 Palatka, 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+29.9
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+47.8
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 18 points more Republican than the rolls.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Palatka, FL
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2017
46,146
19,193
17,998
8,777
178
2018
47,562
18,662
19,395
9,189
316
2019
48,208
18,033
20,221
9,562
392
2020
51,103
17,352
23,377
9,814
560
2021
50,074
16,294
23,301
9,858
621
2023
42,224
11,387
22,821
7,205
811
2024
46,761
11,854
25,857
7,838
1,212
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+818 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +7,297 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Palatka, FL in Palatka, FL: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−503
2012
−684
2013
−409
2014
−262
2015
+100
2016
+548
2017
+1,146
2018
+877
2019
+705
2021
+1,247
2022
+1,090
2023
+1,481
2024
+1,143
2025
+818
Palatka, FL sits in the Gulf South and peninsula. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 55.1 points in 1940 and a Republican high of 49.8 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 6.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 47.8 points.
A population of 75,164, a 69% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $47,934 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Beckley, WV and Summerville, GA.
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In 2024, Palatka, FL, Florida voted Republican by 47.8 points (R+47.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 36,272 votes cast, 9,354 went Democratic and 26,700 went Republican.
When did Palatka, FL, Florida last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Palatka, FL, Florida voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Palatka, FL, Florida?
Palatka, FL, Florida has a population of 75,164 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Palatka, FL, Florida?
Median household income in Palatka, FL, Florida is $47,934 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Palatka, FL, Florida?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Palatka, FL, Florida from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 14 went Republican.
