- Lead
- 8,726
- Total
- 50,706
- vs nation
- R+15.7
Show Low, AZ
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Vote totals, margins, and source status
- Lead
- 4,274
- Total
- 51,930
- vs nation
- R+12.7
- Lead
- 4,118
- Total
- 40,294
- vs nation
- R+12.3
- Lead
- 2,939
- Total
- 37,465
- vs nation
- R+11.7
- Lead
- 4,182
- Total
- 35,800
- vs nation
- R+19.0
- Lead
- 2,462
- Total
- 32,404
- vs nation
- R+5.1
- Lead
- 592
- Total
- 25,147
- vs nation
- R+2.9
- Lead
- 3,650
- Total
- 24,938
- vs nation
- D+6.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+17.2MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 108,4152024 5-year
- Population density
- 11 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 9,950 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $54,6062024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 42.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 10.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+47.9 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+33.6 in 1980MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Tahlequah, OK · twin score 69.9
presidential history
Party record book
Show Low, AZ · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1912–2024 · 29 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1936
73.3%
3,037 votes · D+47.9
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940 · 66.4%
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
65.8%
3,928 votes · R+31.7
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1980 · 63.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
23,383votes
45.0% of the vote · R+8.2
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 20,754 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
29,480votes
58.1% of the vote · R+17.2
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 27,657 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
Woodrow Wilson1916
+32.3pts D vs U.S.
Place D+35.4 · U.S. D+3.1
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +24.0 pts
Republican
Ronald Reagan1980
+23.9pts R vs U.S.
Place R+33.6 · U.S. R+9.7
Runner-up · Barry Goldwater, 1964 · +23.6 pts
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 9.5 points more Republican than the rolls.
72,918 registered voters · 2026
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+396 net domestic migration · 2025
Net +1,993 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
| Year | Net domestic migration |
|---|---|
| 2011 | −1,030 |
| 2012 | −982 |
| 2013 | −876 |
| 2014 | −144 |
| 2015 | −747 |
| 2016 | +202 |
| 2017 | +82 |
| 2018 | +813 |
| 2019 | +311 |
| 2021 | +1,462 |
| 2022 | +1,480 |
| 2023 | +699 |
| 2024 | +327 |
| 2025 | +396 |
Show Low anchors a high-elevation ponderosa-pine corridor where a small but growing retiree and tourism economy shapes a consistently Republican-leaning electorate across both counties it straddles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 47.9 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 33.6 points in 1980. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 9.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 17.2 points.
A population of 108,415, a 43% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $54,606 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Tahlequah, OK and Laurinburg, NC.
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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