Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1928–2024 · 25 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1932
74.6%
1,308 votes · D+49.1
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 70.5%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
77.8%
11,741 votes · R+55.9
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 73.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
37,844votes
38.8% of the vote · R+21.6
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 35,654 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
62,737votes
63.4% of the vote · R+27.4
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 58,872 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
Franklin D. Roosevelt1932
+31.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+49.1 · U.S. D+17.8
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1944 · +18.5 pts
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
+32.7pts R vs U.S.
Place R+55.9 · U.S. R+23.2
Runner-up · George H. W. Bush, 1988 · +32.4 pts
presidential primaries
Nominating contests
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, 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: Indian River 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 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, 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+28.0
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+27.4
Registration and the presidential vote track closely here — within 0.6 points.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2017
109,358
29,500
50,632
28,673
553
2018
114,289
31,108
52,958
29,213
1,010
2019
117,678
32,100
54,322
29,774
1,482
2020
125,551
34,440
58,794
29,888
2,429
2021
114,379
30,330
54,923
26,468
2,658
2023
115,253
28,021
57,382
26,613
3,237
2024
121,507
28,197
62,204
26,832
4,274
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+2,210 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +41,853 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL in Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+1,046
2012
+1,626
2013
+1,813
2014
+2,872
2015
+3,484
2016
+4,101
2017
+3,443
2018
+3,549
2019
+3,407
2021
+4,959
2022
+4,347
2023
+3,124
2024
+1,872
2025
+2,210
Sebastian-Vero Beach sits in Indian River County, one of Florida's most age-skewed metros, where an outsized share of residents are retirees who relocated from northern states, producing a reliably high-turnout electorate that has favored Republican presidential candidates by double-digit margins in recent cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 49.1 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 55.9 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 5.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 27.4 points.
A population of 166,936, a 73% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $73,491 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Punta Gorda, FL and Naples-Marco Island, FL.
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How did Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL, Florida vote in 2024?
In 2024, Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL, Florida voted Republican by 27.4 points (R+27.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 99,017 votes cast, 35,654 went Democratic and 62,737 went Republican.
When did Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL, Florida last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL, Florida voted Democratic was 1944.
How many people live in Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL, Florida?
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL, Florida has a population of 166,936 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL, Florida?
Median household income in Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL, Florida is $73,491 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL, Florida?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL, Florida from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 21 went Republican.
