Yakima, 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: Yakima 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 Yakima, 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 Yakima, WA
Year
Total registered
2016
123,311
2018
126,004
2020
135,365
2022
137,034
2024
144,568
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−1,550 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −19,104 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Yakima, WA in Yakima, WA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−710
2012
−1,885
2013
−1,800
2014
−1,971
2015
−1,308
2016
−700
2017
−1,173
2018
−823
2019
−1,203
2021
−1,460
2022
−1,500
2023
−1,626
2024
−1,395
2025
−1,550
Yakima County's agricultural economy anchors a metro where Latino residents now represent roughly half the population, producing a competitive mix that has made it a bellwether for statewide Hispanic voter engagement trends.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 14.7 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 52.4 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 6.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 14.3 points.
A population of 257,152, a 39% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $70,656 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Visalia, CA and Yuma, AZ.
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In 2024, Yakima, WA, Washington voted Republican by 14.3 points (R+14.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 88,751 votes cast, 36,706 went Democratic and 49,368 went Republican.
When did Yakima, WA, Washington last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Yakima, WA, Washington voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Yakima, WA, Washington?
Yakima, WA, Washington has a population of 257,152 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Yakima, WA, Washington?
Median household income in Yakima, WA, Washington is $70,656 — below the national median of $80,734. The Washington state median is $98,141.
What is the political history of Yakima, WA, Washington?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Yakima, WA, Washington from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 29 went Republican.
