Panama 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 Panama 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
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024R+39.5
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+53.1
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 14 points more Republican than the rolls.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Panama City
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2017
248,133
80,444
122,537
43,800
1,352
2018
258,340
79,243
130,792
46,168
2,137
2019
254,067
74,933
131,040
45,402
2,692
2020
277,090
74,131
149,461
49,303
4,195
2021
267,213
67,494
145,888
49,288
4,543
2023
265,405
58,337
152,679
48,509
5,880
2024
284,538
57,201
169,731
49,245
8,361
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+6,753 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +60,836 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Panama City in Panama City: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−597
2012
+2,671
2013
+3,375
2014
+4,538
2015
+3,710
2016
+3,262
2017
+3,082
2018
+4,225
2019
−11,965
2021
+8,996
2022
+12,090
2023
+9,685
2024
+11,011
2025
+6,753
The Panama City media market covers a stretch of northwest Florida shaped by Tyndall Air Force Base and rapid coastal development, producing an electorate that has leaned heavily Republican in federal contests by margins exceeding 40 points in recent cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 77.3 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 67.4 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 4.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 53.1 points.
A population of 411,496, a 75% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $68,506 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Biloxi-Gulfport and Casper-Riverton.
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In 2024, Panama City, Florida voted Republican by 53.1 points (R+53.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 216,549 votes cast, 49,829 went Democratic and 164,884 went Republican.
When did Panama City, Florida last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Panama City, Florida voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Panama City, Florida?
Panama City, Florida has a population of 411,496 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Panama City, Florida?
Median household income in Panama City, Florida is $68,506 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Panama City, Florida?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Panama City, Florida from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 15 went Republican.
