Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the city’s overall result across 2004–2024, on current city boundaries.
President results by year
Vote totals, margins, and source status
HarrisDemocratic30.2%423TrumpRepublican69.0%965OtherAll other candidates0.8%11
R+38.7
Lead
542
Total
1,399
vs nation
R+37.3
BidenDemocratic36.8%522TrumpRepublican62.4%884OtherAll other candidates0.8%11
R+25.5
Lead
362
Total
1,417
vs nation
R+30.0
ClintonDemocratic34.2%414TrumpRepublican62.4%756OtherAll other candidates3.4%41
R+28.2
Lead
342
Total
1,211
vs nation
R+30.3
ObamaDemocratic40.8%465RomneyRepublican58.3%665OtherAll other candidates1.0%11
R+17.5
Lead
200
Total
1,141
vs nation
R+21.4
ObamaDemocratic40.2%460McCainRepublican58.1%665OtherAll other candidates1.7%19
R+17.9
Lead
205
Total
1,144
vs nation
R+25.2
KerryDemocratic37.8%369BushRepublican62.0%605OtherAll other candidates0.2%2
R+24.2
Lead
236
Total
976
vs nation
R+21.7
Key facts
2024 presidential margin
R+38.7MIT Election Lab
Population
2,7122024 5-year
Population density
437 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
Land area
6.2 sq miTIGER/Line
Median household income
$32,0742024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
42.3%2024 5-year
Black
35.3%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
16.1%2024 5-year
Peak Republican margin
R+38.7 in 2024MIT Election Lab
Participation
Turnout and midterm durability
Participation measured against the same-year citizen voting-age population. Audited cycles count total general-election participants — ballots or participating voters, not presidential candidate votes.
2020–20243 cycles · 3 audited
2024 turnout
70.5%1,404 participants ÷ 1,992 CVAP
2020→2022 drop-off
+6.2 ptsVolatile
Drop-off vs state
-17.0 ptsPositive means a larger decline than the statewide pattern
Mechanical 2026
64.3%Recent-cycle and two-cycle persistence scenarios; not a forecast
Participation by cycle
Presidential Midterm
0%20%40%60%80%100%
52.0%
202020222024
Select a presidential cycle to show it on the map and results ledger above.
Cycle
Participants
CVAP
Turnout
Series
Quality
1,404
1,992 ± 429
70.5%
Audited
E/D
2022Mid
1,081
2,078 ± 540
52.0%
Audited
E/D
1,422
2,444 ± 603
58.2%
Audited
E/D
Sources and methods
2024: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 323/229.
2022: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 322/184.
2020: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 321/4.
presidential history
Party record book
Silver Springs, FL · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
2004–2024 · 6 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2012
40.8%
465 votes · R+17.5
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 40.2%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
69.0%
965 votes · R+38.7
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · 62.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
522votes
36.8% of the vote · R+25.5
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 465 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
965votes
69.0% of the vote · R+38.7
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 884 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Barack Obama2012
−21.4pts D vs U.S.
Place R+17.5 · U.S. D+3.9
Runner-up · John Kerry, 2004 · −21.7 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2024
+37.3pts R vs U.S.
Place R+38.7 · U.S. R+1.5
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · +30.3 pts
U.S. House elections · 2 House
U.S. House
Each row shows U.S. House votes counted inside this Place. “Vote lead” is the local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
Silver Springs · 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. The figures below are Marion County, Florida, the county containing Silver Springs — Silver Springs’s own primary vote sits inside those totals and is not separately reported.
Presidential nominating contests in Silver Springs, 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.
Silver Springs sits in the Gulf South and peninsula. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 38.7 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 13.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 38.7 points.
A population of 2,712, a 42% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $32,074 describe the city.
In 2024, Silver Springs, Florida voted Republican by 38.7 points (R+38.7), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,399 votes cast, 423 went Democratic and 965 went Republican.
How many people live in Silver Springs, Florida?
Silver Springs, Florida has a population of 2,712 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Silver Springs, Florida?
Median household income in Silver Springs, Florida is $32,074 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Silver Springs, Florida?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Silver Springs, Florida from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
