Miami-Fort Lauderdale · how this place’s counties split between candidates 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 there is no roll-up above it. Each cell counts how many of this place’s counties a candidate led — a count of records, not a vote total. Who led the place as a whole is not knowable from these returns, because county rows carry a leader and a lead but no per-candidate votes.
Presidential nominating contests in Miami-Fort Lauderdale, 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 · 2024D+9.6
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+0.7
Registration leans Democratic; the presidential vote runs 8.9 points more Republican than the rolls.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Miami-Fort Lauderdale
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2017
2,615,570
1,192,100
643,305
771,686
8,479
2018
2,681,544
1,217,433
652,772
793,936
17,403
2019
2,680,691
1,206,208
649,092
803,039
22,352
2020
2,916,536
1,293,024
731,806
852,930
38,776
2021
2,861,012
1,244,585
720,019
853,348
43,060
2023
2,772,893
1,126,173
731,744
864,279
50,697
2024
2,779,892
1,064,478
797,207
854,870
63,337
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−103,702 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −655,035 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Miami-Fort Lauderdale in Miami-Fort Lauderdale: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+2,477
2012
−7,815
2013
−13,467
2014
−25,665
2015
−31,555
2016
−33,755
2017
−53,037
2018
−63,054
2019
−58,077
2021
−56,584
2022
−47,159
2023
−67,328
2024
−96,314
2025
−103,702
Spanish-language media commands unusual influence here, and shifting preferences among Cuban-American and Venezuelan-American voters have moved the market's suburban precincts by double digits across consecutive cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 91.5 points in 1892 and a Republican high of 28.8 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 16.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 0.7 points.
A population of 4,797,345, a 21% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $74,449 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of New York and West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce.
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How did Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Florida vote in 2024?
In 2024, Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Florida voted Democratic by 0.7 points (D+0.7), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 2,012,972 votes cast, 1,005,616 went Democratic and 990,606 went Republican.
When did Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Florida last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Florida voted Republican was 1988.
How many people live in Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Florida?
Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Florida has a population of 4,797,345 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Florida?
Median household income in Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Florida is $74,449 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Florida?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Florida from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 26 went Democratic and 8 went Republican.
