Watertown-Fort Drum, NY · 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: Jefferson County, New York. The figures below are that county’s, which is the same territory — not a larger unit standing in for it.
Presidential nominating contests in Watertown-Fort Drum, NY, 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 · 2026R+18.4
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+23.6
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 5.2 points more Republican than the rolls.
Domestic migration in Watertown-Fort Drum, NY in Watertown-Fort Drum, NY: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−201
2012
+30
2013
−3,734
2014
−2,166
2015
−3,474
2016
−4,804
2017
−972
2018
−2,147
2019
−2,981
2021
+78
2022
−2,526
2023
−3,214
2024
−1,374
2025
−2,009
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY sits in the Mid-Atlantic. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 40.3 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 48.1 points in 1956. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 4.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 23.6 points.
A population of 115,040, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $66,301 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Cortland, NY and Massena-Ogdensburg, NY.
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How did Watertown-Fort Drum, NY, New York vote in 2024?
In 2024, Watertown-Fort Drum, NY, New York voted Republican by 23.6 points (R+23.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 42,843 votes cast, 16,326 went Democratic and 26,417 went Republican.
When did Watertown-Fort Drum, NY, New York last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Watertown-Fort Drum, NY, New York voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Watertown-Fort Drum, NY, New York?
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY, New York has a population of 115,040 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Watertown-Fort Drum, NY, New York?
Median household income in Watertown-Fort Drum, NY, New York is $66,301 — below the national median of $80,734. The New York state median is $85,974.
What is the political history of Watertown-Fort Drum, NY, New York?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Watertown-Fort Drum, NY, New York from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 2 went Democratic and 32 went Republican.
