- Lead
- 21,155
- Total
- 51,905
- vs nation
- R+39.3
Sebring, FL
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Vote totals, margins, and source status
- Lead
- 17,935
- Total
- 52,170
- vs nation
- R+38.8
- Lead
- 14,628
- Total
- 45,686
- vs nation
- R+34.1
- Lead
- 9,767
- Total
- 42,444
- vs nation
- R+26.9
- Lead
- 8,086
- Total
- 44,783
- vs nation
- R+25.3
- Lead
- 10,531
- Total
- 41,496
- vs nation
- R+22.9
- Lead
- 6,038
- Total
- 35,152
- vs nation
- R+17.7
- Lead
- 1,367
- Total
- 33,714
- vs nation
- R+12.6
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+40.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 105,7022024 5-year
- Population density
- 104 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 1,018 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $54,8972024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 63.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 9.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 22.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+43.2 in 1940MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+59.2 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Ocala, FL · twin score 81.0
presidential history
Party record book
Sebring, FL · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1924–2024 · 26 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1940
71.6%
2,215 votes · D+43.2
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1944 · 70.7%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
79.5%
9,645 votes · R+59.2
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 70.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
18,135votes
40.5% of the vote · R+18.1
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 16,938 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
36,382votes
70.1% of the vote · R+40.8
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 34,873 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
John W. Davis1924
+49.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+24.2 · U.S. R+25.2
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1944 · +34.0 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2024
+39.3pts R vs U.S.
Place R+40.8 · U.S. R+1.5
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · +38.8 pts
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 11 points more Republican than the rolls.
| Year | Total registered | Democratic | Republican | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 58,998 | 18,518 | 27,007 | 13,295 | 178 |
| 2018 | 60,005 | 18,192 | 27,802 | 13,691 | 320 |
| 2019 | 61,702 | 18,260 | 28,514 | 14,494 | 434 |
| 2020 | 67,193 | 18,976 | 31,957 | 15,536 | 724 |
| 2021 | 67,332 | 18,243 | 32,137 | 16,114 | 838 |
| 2023 | 63,695 | 15,231 | 33,162 | 13,942 | 1,360 |
| 2024 | 66,171 | 15,177 | 35,081 | 13,857 | 2,056 |
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+1,727 net domestic migration · 2025
Net +22,806 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
| Year | Net domestic migration |
|---|---|
| 2011 | +130 |
| 2012 | +108 |
| 2013 | +274 |
| 2014 | +666 |
| 2015 | +1,606 |
| 2016 | +1,928 |
| 2017 | +2,012 |
| 2018 | +1,413 |
| 2019 | +1,799 |
| 2021 | +3,357 |
| 2022 | +3,201 |
| 2023 | +2,585 |
| 2024 | +2,000 |
| 2025 | +1,727 |
Sebring anchors a small, rural metro in south-central Florida where an aging, predominantly white population drives unusually high senior voter participation relative to its size, making retirement migration patterns a key variable in cycle-to-cycle margin shifts.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 43.2 points in 1940 and a Republican high of 59.2 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 6.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 40.8 points.
A population of 105,702, a 63% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $54,897 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Ocala, FL and Homosassa Springs, 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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