Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the city’s overall result across 1992–2024, on current city boundaries.
President results by year
Vote totals, margins, and source status
HarrisDemocratic57.6%1,079TrumpRepublican37.6%704OtherAll other candidates4.9%91
D+20.0
Lead
375
Total
1,874
vs nation
D+21.5
BidenDemocratic61.8%1,251TrumpRepublican35.4%716OtherAll other candidates2.8%57
D+26.4
Lead
535
Total
2,024
vs nation
D+22.0
ClintonDemocratic55.9%885TrumpRepublican32.4%513OtherAll other candidates11.7%185
D+23.5
Lead
372
Total
1,583
vs nation
D+21.4
ObamaDemocratic58.3%947RomneyRepublican37.3%606OtherAll other candidates4.4%71
D+21.0
Lead
341
Total
1,624
vs nation
D+17.1
ObamaDemocratic62.8%1,222McCainRepublican36.3%707OtherAll other candidates0.8%16
D+26.5
Lead
515
Total
1,945
vs nation
D+19.2
KerryDemocratic55.8%1,037BushRepublican43.2%803OtherAll other candidates0.9%17
D+12.6
Lead
234
Total
1,857
vs nation
D+15.1
ClintonDemocratic44.4%685DoleRepublican29.5%456OtherAll other candidates26.1%403
D+14.8
Lead
229
Total
1,544
vs nation
D+6.3
ClintonDemocratic35.9%754BushRepublican21.1%442OtherAll other candidates43.0%903
Other win
Lead
149
Total
2,099
vs nation
D+9.3
Key facts
2024 presidential margin
D+20.0MIT Election Lab
Population
3,1822024 5-year
Population density
837 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
Land area
3.8 sq miTIGER/Line
Median household income
$47,9172024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
82.6%2024 5-year
Black
0.7%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
6.4%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+26.5 in 2008MIT Election Lab
Participation
Turnout and midterm durability
Participation measured against the same-year citizen voting-age population. Audited cycles count total general-election participants — ballots or participating voters, not presidential candidate votes. Cycles before 2016 predate that series and are derived from the certified presidential returns instead; they are marked everywhere they appear and are excluded from the figures below.
2004–20248 cycles · 5 audited
2024 turnout
73.6%1,906 participants ÷ 2,588 CVAP
2020→2022 drop-off
+17.5 ptsVolatile
Drop-off vs state
-8.5 ptsPositive means a larger decline than the statewide pattern
Mechanical 2026
56.2%–61.1%Recent-cycle and two-cycle persistence scenarios; not a forecast
Participation by cycle
Presidential Midterm Derived, pre-2016
0%20%40%60%80%
53.1%
56.7%
20042008201220162018202020222024
Select a presidential cycle to show it on the map and results ledger above.
Cycle
Participants
CVAP
Turnout
Series
Quality
1,906
2,588 ± 276
73.6%
Audited
E/D
2022Mid
1,540
2,717 ± 246
56.7%
Audited
E/A
2,062
2,781 ± 230
74.1%
Audited
E/A
2018Mid
1,438
2,710 ± 231
53.1%
Audited
E/A
1,668
2,750 ± 243
60.7%
Audited
E/A
1,624
2,665
60.9%
Derived
—
1,945
2,657
73.2%
Derived
—
1,857
2,649 extrapolated
70.1%
Derived
—
Sources and methods
Audited cycles (2016, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024) count total general-election participants against the same-year CVAP special tabulation, each cell carrying its own numerator and denominator quality grade. Derived cycles (2004, 2008, 2012) come from the certified presidential returns on this page over the ACS 5-year CVAP series, so they measure presidential votes cast rather than ballots — a floor on participation. Where a derived cycle predates the ACS its denominator is extrapolated rather than read, and says so on its own line below. They are shown for the longer arc and are excluded from the drop-off, excess-drop-off, and 2026 scenario figures above.
2024: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 323/229.
2022: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 322/184.
2020: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 321/4.
2018: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 320/139.
2016: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 319/133.
2012 (derived): Certified presidential returns · ACS 5-year CVAP (B05003); presidential votes cast — a floor on participation, not a ballot count.
2008 (derived): Certified presidential returns · ACS 5-year CVAP (B05003); presidential votes cast — a floor on participation, not a ballot count.
2004 (derived): Certified presidential returns · extrapolated CVAP denominator; presidential votes cast — a floor on participation, not a ballot count; 2004 predates the ACS, so the denominator is a linear back-extrapolation from the 2008 and 2012 CVAP values, not a read figure.
presidential history
Party record book
Mount Shasta, CA · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1992–2024 · 8 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
62.8%
1,222 votes · D+26.5
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 61.8%
Republican
George W. Bush2004
43.2%
803 votes · D+12.6
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 37.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
1,251votes
61.8% of the vote · D+26.4
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 1,222 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
803votes
43.2% of the vote · D+12.6
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 716 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
Joe Biden2020
+22.0pts D vs U.S.
Place D+26.4 · U.S. D+4.5
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · +21.5 pts
Republican
Bob Dole1996
−6.3pts R vs U.S.
Place D+14.8 · U.S. D+8.5
Runner-up · George H. W. Bush, 1992 · −9.3 pts
U.S. House elections · 2 House
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.
Mount Shasta · which candidate this place backed 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. The figures below are Siskiyou County, California, the county containing Mount Shasta — Mount Shasta’s own primary vote sits inside those totals and is not separately reported.
Presidential nominating contests in Mount Shasta, 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.
Nestled at the base of its namesake volcano, Mount Shasta City sits in one of California's most reliably Republican counties, where timber and tourism shape both the economy and the electorate.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 26.5 points in 2008. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 6.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 20.0 points.
A population of 3,182, a 83% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $47,917 describe the city.
In 2024, Mount Shasta, California voted Democratic by 20.0 points (D+20.0), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 1,874 votes cast, 1,079 went Democratic and 704 went Republican.
How many people live in Mount Shasta, California?
Mount Shasta, California has a population of 3,182 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Mount Shasta, California?
Median household income in Mount Shasta, California is $47,917 — below the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of Mount Shasta, California?
Akashic tracks 8 presidential elections in Mount Shasta, California from 1992 to 2024. Of those, 7 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
