- Lead
- 27,083
- Total
- 99,017
- vs nation
- R+25.9
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Vote totals, margins, and source status
- Lead
- 21,028
- Total
- 97,484
- vs nation
- R+26.0
- Lead
- 19,577
- Total
- 80,009
- vs nation
- R+26.6
- Lead
- 15,958
- Total
- 71,464
- vs nation
- R+26.2
- Lead
- 10,466
- Total
- 70,591
- vs nation
- R+22.1
- Lead
- 12,982
- Total
- 61,414
- vs nation
- R+18.7
- Lead
- 8,870
- Total
- 49,627
- vs nation
- R+18.4
- Lead
- 6,339
- Total
- 43,972
- vs nation
- R+22.9
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+27.4MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 166,9362024 5-year
- Population density
- 332 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 503 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $73,4912024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 72.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 7.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 13.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+49.1 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+55.9 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Punta Gorda, FL · twin score 85.4
presidential history
Party record book
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1928–2024 · 25 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1932
74.6%
1,308 votes · D+49.1
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 70.5%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
77.8%
11,741 votes · R+55.9
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 73.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
37,844votes
38.8% of the vote · R+21.6
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 35,654 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
62,737votes
63.4% of the vote · R+27.4
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 58,872 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
Franklin D. Roosevelt1932
+31.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+49.1 · U.S. D+17.8
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1944 · +18.5 pts
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
+32.7pts R vs U.S.
Place R+55.9 · U.S. R+23.2
Runner-up · George H. W. Bush, 1988 · +32.4 pts
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Registration and the presidential vote track closely here — within 0.6 points.
| Year | Total registered | Democratic | Republican | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 109,358 | 29,500 | 50,632 | 28,673 | 553 |
| 2018 | 114,289 | 31,108 | 52,958 | 29,213 | 1,010 |
| 2019 | 117,678 | 32,100 | 54,322 | 29,774 | 1,482 |
| 2020 | 125,551 | 34,440 | 58,794 | 29,888 | 2,429 |
| 2021 | 114,379 | 30,330 | 54,923 | 26,468 | 2,658 |
| 2023 | 115,253 | 28,021 | 57,382 | 26,613 | 3,237 |
| 2024 | 121,507 | 28,197 | 62,204 | 26,832 | 4,274 |
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+2,210 net domestic migration · 2025
Net +41,853 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
| Year | Net domestic migration |
|---|---|
| 2011 | +1,046 |
| 2012 | +1,626 |
| 2013 | +1,813 |
| 2014 | +2,872 |
| 2015 | +3,484 |
| 2016 | +4,101 |
| 2017 | +3,443 |
| 2018 | +3,549 |
| 2019 | +3,407 |
| 2021 | +4,959 |
| 2022 | +4,347 |
| 2023 | +3,124 |
| 2024 | +1,872 |
| 2025 | +2,210 |
Sebastian-Vero Beach sits in Indian River County, one of Florida's most age-skewed metros, where an outsized share of residents are retirees who relocated from northern states, producing a reliably high-turnout electorate that has favored Republican presidential candidates by double-digit margins in recent cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 49.1 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 55.9 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 5.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 27.4 points.
A population of 166,936, a 73% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $73,491 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Punta Gorda, FL and Naples-Marco Island, 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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