Walla Walla, WA · 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: Walla Walla County, Washington. The figures below are that county’s, which is the same territory — not a larger unit standing in for it.
Presidential nominating contests in Walla Walla, 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 Walla Walla, WA
Year
Total registered
2016
37,021
2018
38,354
2020
40,618
2022
40,725
2024
42,190
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+275 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +810 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Walla Walla, WA in Walla Walla, WA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+352
2012
−293
2013
−90
2014
−29
2015
+311
2016
−3
2017
+475
2018
+96
2019
+128
2021
−412
2022
−18
2023
−246
2024
+264
2025
+275
Walla Walla's metro tilts Republican in federal races but has trended competitive at the county level as the wine industry reshaped its economy and drew a more diverse professional class over the past two decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 16.9 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 47.6 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 0.7 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 8.0 points.
A population of 62,161, a 68% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $74,202 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Grand Junction, CO and Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA.
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In 2024, Walla Walla, WA, Washington voted Republican by 8.0 points (R+8.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 29,568 votes cast, 13,106 went Democratic and 15,476 went Republican.
When did Walla Walla, WA, Washington last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Walla Walla, WA, Washington voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Walla Walla, WA, Washington?
Walla Walla, WA, Washington has a population of 62,161 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Walla Walla, WA, Washington?
Median household income in Walla Walla, WA, Washington is $74,202 — below the national median of $80,734. The Washington state median is $98,141.
What is the political history of Walla Walla, WA, Washington?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Walla Walla, WA, Washington from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 28 went Republican.
