Wildwood-The Villages, 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: Sumter 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 Wildwood-The Villages, 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+39.0
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+37.6
Registration and the presidential vote track closely here — within 1.4 points.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Wildwood-The Villages, FL
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2017
91,875
22,933
49,490
19,163
289
2018
97,814
24,188
53,041
20,116
469
2019
102,648
24,975
56,052
21,035
586
2020
106,927
25,175
60,462
20,467
823
2021
111,753
25,018
63,065
22,524
1,146
2023
122,396
24,865
70,417
25,121
1,993
2024
127,134
24,736
74,313
25,387
2,698
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+5,633 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +84,975 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Wildwood-The Villages, FL in Wildwood-The Villages, FL: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+4,445
2012
+4,434
2013
+6,065
2014
+6,146
2015
+5,834
2016
+6,204
2017
+4,384
2018
+5,265
2019
+5,269
2021
+7,284
2022
+11,211
2023
+8,590
2024
+4,211
2025
+5,633
The Villages anchors this metro as one of the most age-concentrated communities in the country, with a median resident age well above 60 and turnout rates that consistently outpace younger-skewing Florida metros by double digits.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 80.8 points in 1940 and a Republican high of 53.7 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 1.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 37.6 points.
A population of 143,408, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $76,508 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ and Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC.
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How did Wildwood-The Villages, FL, Florida vote in 2024?
In 2024, Wildwood-The Villages, FL, Florida voted Republican by 37.6 points (R+37.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 105,218 votes cast, 32,551 went Democratic and 72,134 went Republican.
When did Wildwood-The Villages, FL, Florida last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Wildwood-The Villages, FL, Florida voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Wildwood-The Villages, FL, Florida?
Wildwood-The Villages, FL, Florida has a population of 143,408 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Wildwood-The Villages, FL, Florida?
Median household income in Wildwood-The Villages, FL, Florida is $76,508 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Wildwood-The Villages, FL, Florida?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Wildwood-The Villages, FL, Florida from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 22 went Democratic and 11 went Republican.
