combined metro areaMiami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, FL
presidential margin
2004–2024 · Democratic minus Republican
2004D+15.2
2008D+20.8
2012D+21.4
2016D+22.2
2020D+12.4
2024R+2.0
full record · 1892 → 2024
presidential returns
2024 turnout 67.6% of 4,670,563 citizens 18+
Year
Democrat
Republican
Others
Total
CVAP
Turnout
2024
1,534,509
1,596,908
25,761
3,157,178
4,670,563
67.6%
2020
1,855,333
1,444,987
19,688
3,320,008
4,536,952
73.2%
2016
1,701,178
1,070,725
65,363
2,837,266
4,285,978
66.2%
2012
1,547,131
998,877
14,194
2,560,202
3,932,321
65.1%
2008
1,510,100
987,642
12,665
2,510,407
3,746,947
67.0%
2004
1,323,098
970,794
17,983
2,311,875
3,561,573†
64.9%
† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
8 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupMiami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, FLFloridaUnited States
Cuban16.8%7.3%0.7%
Colombian4.1%2.1%0.4%
Puerto Rican3.6%5.6%1.8%
Venezuelan3.1%1.6%—
Mexican2.7%3.3%11.3%
Dominican1.9%1.3%0.7%
Nicaraguan1.7%0.6%—
Honduran1.4%0.6%0.3%
American6.4%7.7%5.3%
Italian5.2%5.6%4.8%
German4.9%8.9%12.5%
Irish4.8%8.2%9.4%
English4.0%8.2%9.5%
Polish1.8%2.1%2.2%
French1.2%1.7%1.6%
Russian1.1%——
African American†9.0%9.5%9.9%
Haitian5.0%2.3%0.3%
Jamaican2.9%1.5%0.4%
African0.5%0.5%0.5%
Trinidadian and Tobagonian0.4%0.2%—
Bahamian0.3%——
West Indian0.2%——
Asian Indian0.8%0.9%1.4%
Chinese0.5%0.5%1.3%
Filipino0.3%0.5%0.9%
Vietnamese0.2%0.4%0.6%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, FL
Florida
United States
Median age
42.8
43.1
39.1
Age 18–24
7.6%
8.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
20.2%
21.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, FL
Florida
United States
Median household income
$76,357
$74,568
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.9%
12.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
36.0%
34.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, FL
Florida
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
51.2%
30.7%
22.3%
Spanish
39.8%
22.6%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
5.5%
2.7%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
2.5%
1.9%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, FL
Florida
United States
Catholic
23.9%
19.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
13.5%
18.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
54.0%
53.1%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, FL
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+91.5%
1896
+5.1%
1900
+36.6%
1904
+40.8%
1908
+41.0%
1912
+49.8%
1916
+35.3%
1920
+11.1%
1924
+7.9%
1928
−20.9%
1932
+37.1%
1936
+45.4%
1940
+33.6%
1944
+30.1%
1948
+10.4%
1952
−18.9%
1956
−21.2%
1960
+2.4%
1964
+11.4%
1968
−6.2%
1972
−32.9%
1976
+9.3%
1980
−17.0%
1984
−20.2%
1988
−10.5%
1992
+9.6%
1996
+22.8%
2000
+19.1%
2004
+15.2%
2008
+20.8%
2012
+21.4%
2016
+22.2%
2020
+12.4%
2024
−2.0%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
48.6%Harris1,534,509
50.6%Trump1,596,908
0.4%Stein12,656 +5
R+2.0
R+14.3
R+0.5
3,157,178
All 8 candidates in 2024 · 6 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican50.6%1,596,908
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic48.6%1,534,509
Jill SteinIndependent0.4%12,656
Chase OliverLibertarian0.2%6,534
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.1%3,531
Peter SonskiIndependent0.1%1,610
Randall TerryIndependent0.0%1,390
OtherAll other candidates0.0%40
D
55.9%Biden1,855,333
43.5%Trump1,444,987
0.6%
D+12.4
R+9.9
D+7.9
3,320,008
D
60.0%Clinton1,701,178
37.7%Trump1,070,725
2.3%
D+22.2
D+0.8
D+20.1
2,837,266
D
60.4%Obama1,547,131
39.0%Romney998,877
0.6%
D+21.4
D+0.6
D+17.6
2,560,202
D
60.2%Obama1,510,100
39.3%McCain987,642
0.5%
D+20.8
D+5.6
D+13.5
2,510,407
D
57.2%Kerry1,323,098
42.0%Bush970,794
0.8%
D+15.2
R+3.9
D+17.7
2,311,875
D
58.7%Gore1,095,407
39.6%Bush738,913
1.8%
D+19.1
R+3.7
D+18.6
1,867,395
D
57.6%Clinton962,497
34.8%Dole582,050
7.6%
D+22.8
D+13.2
D+14.2
1,671,253
D
46.5%Clinton783,745
36.9%Bush622,031
16.7%
D+9.6
D+20.1
D+4.0
1,686,682
R
44.5%Dukakis631,992
55.0%Bush781,640
0.5%
R+10.5
D+9.7
R+2.8
1,420,778
R
39.9%Mondale575,292
60.1%Reagan867,430
0.0%
R+20.2
R+3.2
R+2.0
1,442,845
R
37.4%Carter486,523
54.4%Reagan707,862
8.2%
R+17.0
R+26.3
R+7.3
1,301,113
D
53.9%Carter620,189
44.6%Ford513,627
1.5%
D+9.3
D+42.2
D+7.2
1,151,143
R
33.4%McGovern308,590
66.3%Nixon613,291
0.3%
R+32.9
R+26.8
R+9.8
925,093
R
38.5%Humphrey283,206
44.7%Nixon328,469
16.7%
R+6.2
R+17.6
R+5.5
734,730
D
55.7%Johnson347,626
44.3%Goldwater276,203
0.0%
D+11.4
D+9.1
R+11.1
623,829
D
51.2%Kennedy279,887
48.8%Nixon266,895
0.0%
D+2.4
D+23.6
D+2.2
546,782
R
39.4%Stevenson147,420
60.6%Eisenhower226,639
0.0%
R+21.2
R+2.2
R+5.8
374,059
R
40.5%Stevenson130,043
59.5%Eisenhower190,787
0.0%
R+18.9
R+29.3
R+8.2
320,830
D
49.7%Truman84,302
39.3%Dewey66,728
11.0%
D+10.4
R+19.7
D+5.9
169,701
D
65.0%Roosevelt86,392
35.0%Dewey46,462
0.0%
D+30.1
R+3.6
D+22.6
132,854
D
66.8%Roosevelt79,825
33.2%Willkie39,630
0.0%
D+33.6
R+11.8
D+23.7
119,455
D
72.7%Roosevelt49,281
27.3%Landon18,503
0.0%
D+45.4
D+8.3
D+21.1
67,784
D
68.6%Roosevelt36,222
31.4%Hoover16,608
0.0%
D+37.1
D+58.0
D+19.3
52,830
R
38.6%Smith18,410
59.5%Hoover28,379
1.9%
R+20.9
R+28.8
R+3.4
47,695
D
39.4%Davis7,177
31.4%Coolidge5,729
29.2%
D+7.9
R+3.1
D+33.1
18,228
D
50.2%Cox8,574
39.2%Harding6,686
10.6%
D+11.1
R+24.2
D+37.2
17,071
D
56.5%Wilson4,194
21.3%Hughes1,577
22.2%
D+35.3
R+14.5
D+32.1
7,421
D
62.0%Wilson3,004
12.1%Taft589
25.9%
D+49.8
D+8.8
D+30.3
4,849
D
58.7%Bryan1,871
17.7%Taft565
23.5%
D+41.0
D+0.2
D+50.5
3,186
D
65.7%Parker1,567
24.9%Roosevelt594
9.4%
D+40.8
D+4.2
D+60.4
2,386
D
62.3%Bryan1,553
25.7%McKinley641
12.0%
D+36.6
D+31.5
D+44.1
2,492
D
48.5%Bryan824
43.4%McKinley737
8.1%
D+5.1
R+86.4
D+11.2
1,698
D
91.5%Cleveland876
0.0%Harrison0
8.5%
D+91.5
—
D+89.9
957
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
49.3%1,534,889
49.3%1,536,080
3,113,028
2022
R
48.7%1,059,469
50.3%1,094,471
2,174,575
2018
D
60.4%1,447,154
39.6%949,172
2,396,455
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024D+5.3
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+2.0
Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, FL registers Democratic but votes Republican — a 7.2-point gap between how voters register and how they vote, the signature of ancestral registration that trails realignment.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, FL
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2017
3,970,764
1,722,271
1,081,234
1,152,280
14,979
2018
4,075,854
1,762,378
1,103,873
1,179,507
30,096
2019
4,099,555
1,757,776
1,105,985
1,195,677
40,117
2020
4,434,979
1,881,919
1,230,431
1,256,582
66,047
2021
4,319,849
1,798,786
1,200,410
1,246,888
73,765
2023
4,121,822
1,598,341
1,210,825
1,225,603
87,053
2024
4,209,315
1,545,008
1,324,006
1,228,257
112,044
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−101,749 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −388,256 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, FL in Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, FL: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+10,978
2012
+6,941
2013
+5,237
2014
−3,720
2015
−3,221
2016
−4,266
2017
−34,000
2018
−46,948
2019
−38,982
2021
−24,937
2022
−16,591
2023
−48,280
2024
−88,718
2025
−101,749
Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, FL sits in the Gulf South and peninsula. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 91.5 points in 1892 and a Republican high of 32.9 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 14.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 2.0 points.
A population of 7,061,579, a 31% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $76,357 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA and Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI.
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How did Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, FL, Florida vote in 2024?
In 2024, Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, FL, Florida voted Republican by 2.0 points (R+2.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,157,178 votes cast, 1,534,509 went Democratic and 1,596,908 went Republican.
When did Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, FL, Florida last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, FL, Florida voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, FL, Florida?
Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, FL, Florida has a population of 7,061,579 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, FL, Florida?
Median household income in Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, FL, Florida is $76,357 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, FL, Florida?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, FL, Florida from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 25 went Democratic and 9 went Republican.
