Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL · how this place’s counties split between candidates 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 there is no roll-up above it. Each cell counts how many of this place’s counties a candidate led — a count of records, not a vote total. Who led the place as a whole is not knowable from these returns, because county rows carry a leader and a lead but no per-candidate votes.
Presidential nominating contests in Panama City-Panama City Beach, 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+37.1
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+49.4
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 12 points more Republican than the rolls.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2017
131,839
35,947
68,267
26,795
830
2018
137,464
36,135
71,670
28,383
1,276
2019
130,843
33,306
69,220
26,762
1,555
2020
144,145
34,871
77,404
29,420
2,450
2021
138,937
32,054
74,919
29,329
2,635
2023
140,987
29,186
78,500
29,872
3,429
2024
152,025
30,037
86,456
30,587
4,945
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+3,298 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +23,871 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL in Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−487
2012
+1,301
2013
+1,762
2014
+2,662
2015
+2,370
2016
+1,000
2017
+380
2018
+1,158
2019
−11,365
2021
+5,121
2022
+5,819
2023
+4,916
2024
+5,936
2025
+3,298
Bay County's mix of Tyndall Air Force Base personnel and Gulf Coast resort workers produces an electorate that has trended heavily Republican in recent cycles, with the 2018 Hurricane Michael recovery shaping local priorities well into the following decade.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 73.7 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 68.3 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 3.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 49.4 points.
A population of 211,922, a 73% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $71,687 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Jefferson, GA and Sherman-Denison, TX.
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How did Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL, Florida vote in 2024?
In 2024, Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL, Florida voted Republican by 49.4 points (R+49.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 110,361 votes cast, 27,341 went Democratic and 81,867 went Republican.
When did Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL, Florida last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL, Florida voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL, Florida?
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL, Florida has a population of 211,922 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL, Florida?
Median household income in Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL, Florida is $71,687 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL, Florida?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL, Florida from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 15 went Republican.
