Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne · 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 Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne, 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+7.3
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+11.1
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 3.8 points more Republican than the rolls.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2017
2,689,659
967,120
956,130
752,916
13,493
2018
2,807,406
1,007,858
990,746
785,526
23,276
2019
2,841,646
1,011,681
1,000,126
799,311
30,528
2020
3,062,674
1,090,221
1,090,305
833,944
48,204
2021
3,020,087
1,048,909
1,070,348
847,023
53,807
2023
2,869,837
921,634
1,077,642
800,067
70,494
2024
3,067,235
955,152
1,178,784
832,569
100,730
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+41,116 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +745,626 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne in Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+19,746
2012
+35,748
2013
+35,791
2014
+47,305
2015
+64,624
2016
+68,759
2017
+59,370
2018
+50,229
2019
+48,136
2021
+60,387
2022
+97,947
2023
+71,361
2024
+45,107
2025
+41,116
Anchored by a Democratic-leaning urban core in Orange County, a Republican-heavy coast around Volusia and Brevard, and a growing I-4 corridor that has decided statewide races by razor-thin margins.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 79.8 points in 1892 and a Republican high of 56.1 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 8.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 11.1 points.
A population of 4,676,162, a 53% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $75,984 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Tampa-St. Petersburg (Sarasota) and West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce.
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How did Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne, Florida vote in 2024?
In 2024, Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne, Florida voted Republican by 11.1 points (R+11.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,331,733 votes cast, 1,025,058 went Democratic and 1,282,772 went Republican.
When did Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne, Florida last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne, Florida voted Democratic was 2008.
How many people live in Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne, Florida?
Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne, Florida has a population of 4,676,162 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne, Florida?
Median household income in Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne, Florida is $75,984 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne, Florida?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne, Florida from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 19 went Republican.
