York-Hanover, PA · 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: York County, Pennsylvania. The figures below are that county’s, which is the same territory — not a larger unit standing in for it.
Presidential nominating contests in York-Hanover, PA, 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+22.0
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+25.3
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 3.3 points more Republican than the rolls.
Domestic migration in York-Hanover, PA in York-Hanover, PA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−457
2012
−911
2013
−56
2014
−206
2015
−72
2016
+452
2017
+612
2018
+900
2019
+291
2021
+2,486
2022
+1,831
2023
+2,701
2024
+2,664
2025
+2,525
York-Hanover sits along the Susquehanna Valley corridor, where a durable blue-collar industrial base and steady in-migration from the Baltimore region have produced competitive margins in statewide races over the past two decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 32.2 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 60.1 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 0.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 25.3 points.
A population of 462,924, a 79% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $84,829 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lebanon, PA and Lancaster, PA.
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How did York-Hanover, PA, Pennsylvania vote in 2024?
In 2024, York-Hanover, PA, Pennsylvania voted Republican by 25.3 points (R+25.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 249,210 votes cast, 91,926 went Democratic and 154,884 went Republican.
When did York-Hanover, PA, Pennsylvania last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which York-Hanover, PA, Pennsylvania voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in York-Hanover, PA, Pennsylvania?
York-Hanover, PA, Pennsylvania has a population of 462,924 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in York-Hanover, PA, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in York-Hanover, PA, Pennsylvania is $84,829 — above the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of York-Hanover, PA, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in York-Hanover, PA, Pennsylvania from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 12 went Democratic and 22 went Republican.
