Punta Gorda, FL · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1924–2024 · 26 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1932
70.7%
954 votes · D+41.3
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940 · 69.1%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
76.6%
12,888 votes · R+53.6
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 70.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
42,273votes
36.3% of the vote · R+26.6
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 40,450 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
82,480votes
66.7% of the vote · R+34.0
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 73,243 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
John W. Davis1924
+54.0pts D vs U.S.
Place D+28.8 · U.S. R+25.2
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940 · +28.2 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2024
+32.5pts R vs U.S.
Place R+34.0 · U.S. R+1.5
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · +31.1 pts
presidential primaries
Nominating contests
Punta Gorda, 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: Charlotte 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 Punta Gorda, 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+30.9
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+34.0
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 3.1 points more Republican than the rolls.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Punta Gorda, FL
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2017
133,437
37,041
59,214
36,495
687
2018
135,559
36,869
61,295
36,080
1,315
2019
143,280
38,295
64,631
38,432
1,922
2020
153,190
40,002
70,965
39,335
2,888
2021
150,467
37,089
70,398
39,711
3,269
2023
148,704
32,150
74,550
37,592
4,412
2024
157,235
32,370
80,880
38,021
5,964
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+7,400 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +76,757 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Punta Gorda, FL in Punta Gorda, FL: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+1,095
2012
+3,729
2013
+2,974
2014
+4,399
2015
+5,508
2016
+6,418
2017
+5,037
2018
+4,842
2019
+5,674
2021
+9,864
2022
+9,024
2023
+4,962
2024
+5,831
2025
+7,400
Charlotte County's median age consistently ranks among Florida's oldest, and the metro's high homeownership rate and snowbird influx drive participation patterns that skew well above national averages for off-cycle contests.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 41.3 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 53.6 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 7.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 34.0 points.
A population of 201,064, a 81% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $69,952 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Homosassa Springs, FL and Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL.
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In 2024, Punta Gorda, FL, Florida voted Republican by 34.0 points (R+34.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 123,676 votes cast, 40,450 went Democratic and 82,480 went Republican.
When did Punta Gorda, FL, Florida last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Punta Gorda, FL, Florida voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Punta Gorda, FL, Florida?
Punta Gorda, FL, Florida has a population of 201,064 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Punta Gorda, FL, Florida?
Median household income in Punta Gorda, FL, Florida is $69,952 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Punta Gorda, FL, Florida?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Punta Gorda, FL, Florida from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 20 went Republican.
