Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA · 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 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA, 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
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
Year
Total registered
2016
367,806
2018
386,403
2020
421,579
2022
428,928
2024
459,797
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+1,908 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +48,188 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−1,028
2012
−490
2013
+461
2014
+2,087
2015
+3,580
2016
+6,806
2017
+6,977
2018
+7,171
2019
+8,151
2021
+4,712
2022
+4,411
2023
+2,095
2024
+1,347
2025
+1,908
Spokane anchors eastern Washington's economy and culture, yet its metro-area Democratic lean of 31-plus points signals that population density and university presence can override the region's traditionally conservative rural surroundings.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 41.8 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 50.7 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 0.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 8.4 points.
A population of 597,123, a 81% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $77,837 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Bend, OR and Fort Collins-Loveland, CO.
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How did Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA, Washington vote in 2024?
In 2024, Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA, Washington voted Republican by 8.4 points (R+8.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 315,328 votes cast, 138,655 went Democratic and 165,233 went Republican.
When did Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA, Washington last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA, Washington voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA, Washington?
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA, Washington has a population of 597,123 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA, Washington?
Median household income in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA, Washington is $77,837 — below the national median of $80,734. The Washington state median is $98,141.
What is the political history of Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA, Washington?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA, Washington from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 11 went Democratic and 22 went Republican.
