Columbia-Jefferson City · 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 Columbia-Jefferson City, 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 Columbia-Jefferson City
Year
Total registered
2016
332,290
2018
319,156
2020
335,685
2022
323,560
2024
332,592
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+721 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +4,879 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Columbia-Jefferson City in Columbia-Jefferson City: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+417
2012
−708
2013
+61
2014
−589
2015
−487
2016
−131
2017
−715
2018
−575
2019
−229
2021
+3,038
2022
+1,833
2023
+802
2024
+1,441
2025
+721
The Columbia-Jefferson City market pairs a major university town with the state capital, producing an unusually wide ideological range for a market its size — college precincts and government-worker suburbs pull in opposite directions.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 39.9 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 32.5 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 2.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 27.2 points.
A population of 488,616, a 83% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $69,135 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Topeka and Billings.
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How did Columbia-Jefferson City, Missouri vote in 2024?
In 2024, Columbia-Jefferson City, Missouri voted Republican by 27.2 points (R+27.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 239,680 votes cast, 85,302 went Democratic and 150,540 went Republican.
When did Columbia-Jefferson City, Missouri last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Columbia-Jefferson City, Missouri voted Democratic was 1992.
How many people live in Columbia-Jefferson City, Missouri?
Columbia-Jefferson City, Missouri has a population of 488,616 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Columbia-Jefferson City, Missouri?
Median household income in Columbia-Jefferson City, Missouri is $69,135 — below the national median of $80,734. The Missouri state median is $70,702.
What is the political history of Columbia-Jefferson City, Missouri?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Columbia-Jefferson City, Missouri from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 20 went Democratic and 14 went Republican.
