- Lead
- 89,085
- Total
- 275,180
- vs nation
- R+30.9
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Vote totals, margins, and source status
- Lead
- 75,518
- Total
- 277,300
- vs nation
- R+31.7
- Lead
- 78,222
- Total
- 240,214
- vs nation
- R+34.7
- Lead
- 70,944
- Total
- 225,348
- vs nation
- R+35.3
- Lead
- 66,341
- Total
- 230,632
- vs nation
- R+36.0
- Lead
- 82,637
- Total
- 210,585
- vs nation
- R+36.8
- Lead
- 55,702
- Total
- 167,258
- vs nation
- R+33.8
- Lead
- 38,524
- Total
- 150,335
- vs nation
- R+34.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+32.4MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 524,3952024 5-year
- Population density
- 314 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 1,669 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $76,7432024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 68.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 15.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+93.5 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+62.8 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC · twin score 89.8
presidential history
Party record book
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 · 34 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Grover Cleveland1892
93.5%
3,068 votes · D+93.5
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940 · 86.8%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
81.1%
68,740 votes · R+62.8
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 73.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
98,541votes
35.5% of the vote · R+27.2
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 91,636 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
180,721votes
65.7% of the vote · R+32.4
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 174,059 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
Grover Cleveland1892
+91.8pts D vs U.S.
Place D+93.5 · U.S. D+1.7
Runner-up · Alton B. Parker, 1904 · +71.6 pts
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
+39.6pts R vs U.S.
Place R+62.8 · U.S. R+23.2
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · +36.8 pts
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
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.
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 3.7 points more Republican than the rolls.
| Year | Total registered | Democratic | Republican | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 332,094 | 94,940 | 167,013 | 68,022 | 2,119 |
| 2018 | 348,571 | 98,022 | 174,827 | 72,055 | 3,667 |
| 2019 | 350,967 | 97,668 | 175,225 | 73,015 | 5,059 |
| 2020 | 382,913 | 106,107 | 190,909 | 78,593 | 7,304 |
| 2021 | 364,723 | 98,747 | 181,374 | 76,921 | 7,681 |
| 2023 | 356,288 | 89,822 | 181,937 | 75,671 | 8,858 |
| 2024 | 365,435 | 87,581 | 192,482 | 73,870 | 11,502 |
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+4,414 net domestic migration · 2025
Net +65,401 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
| Year | Net domestic migration |
|---|---|
| 2011 | +2,452 |
| 2012 | +3,372 |
| 2013 | +3,373 |
| 2014 | +1,538 |
| 2015 | +2,902 |
| 2016 | +3,968 |
| 2017 | +4,341 |
| 2018 | +6,561 |
| 2019 | +7,513 |
| 2021 | +6,861 |
| 2022 | +5,279 |
| 2023 | +7,194 |
| 2024 | +5,633 |
| 2025 | +4,414 |
Anchored by Naval Air Station Pensacola, this metro on Florida's western tip has delivered Republican presidential margins above 20 points in recent cycles, driven by a dense concentration of active-duty and veteran households uncommon in similarly sized metros.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 93.5 points in 1892 and a Republican high of 62.8 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 5.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 32.4 points.
A population of 524,395, a 68% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $76,743 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC and Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL.
The metros whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
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Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL, Florida. Akashic. https://akashic.app/cbsa/37860/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.