Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, 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: Brevard 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 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, 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+19.0
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+20.8
Registration and the presidential vote track closely here — within 1.9 points.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2017
406,984
126,447
171,628
106,067
2,842
2018
425,664
131,555
179,095
110,273
4,741
2019
432,784
132,341
181,710
112,301
6,432
2020
457,417
139,268
194,779
113,992
9,378
2021
449,512
132,692
190,439
115,979
10,402
2023
419,353
113,698
187,488
106,006
12,161
2024
452,542
118,353
204,239
113,330
16,620
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+9,403 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +127,330 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+697
2012
+2,663
2013
+3,886
2014
+5,410
2015
+10,752
2016
+11,594
2017
+11,740
2018
+8,971
2019
+8,509
2021
+13,323
2022
+15,171
2023
+14,419
2024
+10,792
2025
+9,403
Home to Kennedy Space Center and a dense defense-contractor workforce, the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro has trended competitive in recent cycles as in-migration from other Florida metros reshapes its traditionally Republican-leaning suburban precincts.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 88.7 points in 1892 and a Republican high of 57.6 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 4.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 20.8 points.
A population of 632,780, a 70% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $78,476 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL and Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL.
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How did Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL, Florida vote in 2024?
In 2024, Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL, Florida voted Republican by 20.8 points (R+20.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 361,449 votes cast, 141,233 went Democratic and 216,533 went Republican.
When did Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL, Florida last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL, Florida voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL, Florida?
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL, Florida has a population of 632,780 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL, Florida?
Median household income in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL, Florida is $78,476 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL, Florida?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL, Florida from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 18 went Republican.
