combined metro areaSpokane-Spokane Valley-Coeur d'Alene, WA-ID
presidential margin
2004–2024 · Democratic minus Republican
2004R+17.6
2008R+7.7
2012R+12.8
2016R+17.6
2020R+15.3
2024R+18.6
full record · 1892 → 2024
presidential returns
2024 turnout 68.9% of 597,448 citizens 18+
Year
Democrat
Republican
Others
Total
CVAP
Turnout
2024
160,768
237,292
13,633
411,693
597,448
68.9%
2020
167,916
231,221
14,190
413,327
547,567
75.5%
2016
115,798
173,045
36,888
325,731
510,123
63.9%
2012
128,908
168,357
10,817
308,082
486,185
63.4%
2008
136,405
159,833
7,546
303,784
467,101
65.0%
2004
111,896
160,794
4,840
277,530
448,017†
61.9%
† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
3 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
GroupSpokane-Spokane Valley-Coeur d'Alene, WA-IDUnited States
German20.2%12.5%
English14.8%9.5%
Irish12.6%9.4%
American5.2%5.3%
Norwegian4.5%—
Italian4.2%4.8%
Scottish3.1%1.3%
French1.9%1.6%
Mexican4.5%11.3%
Spanish0.4%—
Spaniard0.4%—
Puerto Rican0.4%1.8%
Marshallese0.3%—
Chinese0.3%1.3%
Filipino0.3%0.9%
Vietnamese0.3%0.6%
African American†1.1%9.9%
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
Spokane-Spokane Valley-Coeur d'Alene, WA-ID
United States
Median age
39.6
39.1
Age 18–24
8.3%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Spokane-Spokane Valley-Coeur d'Alene, WA-ID
United States
Median household income
$78,777
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
31.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Spokane-Spokane Valley-Coeur d'Alene, WA-ID
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
6.4%
22.3%
Spanish
2.3%
13.6%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic
1.1%
0.7%
Religious landscape
Measure
Spokane-Spokane Valley-Coeur d'Alene, WA-ID
United States
Catholic
8.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
28.4%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
53.3%
51.5%
Latter-day Saints
5.6%
2.0%
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.
Spokane-Spokane Valley-Coeur d'Alene, WA-ID
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−18.5%
1896
+44.6%
1900
+2.9%
1904
−50.1%
1908
−25.4%
1912
+17.8%
1916
+4.4%
1920
−30.0%
1924
−36.4%
1928
−32.3%
1932
+20.0%
1936
+39.4%
1940
+15.3%
1944
+11.4%
1948
+13.9%
1952
−11.4%
1956
−10.2%
1960
−2.3%
1964
+11.8%
1968
−3.5%
1972
−24.9%
1976
−10.8%
1980
−23.4%
1984
−21.5%
1988
−2.9%
1992
+3.3%
1996
−0.9%
2000
−15.0%
2004
−17.6%
2008
−7.7%
2012
−12.8%
2016
−17.6%
2020
−15.3%
2024
−18.6%
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
39.1%Harris160,768
57.6%Trump237,292
3.3%
R+18.6
R+3.3
R+17.1
411,693
R
40.6%Biden167,916
55.9%Trump231,221
3.4%
R+15.3
D+2.3
R+19.8
413,327
R
35.6%Clinton115,798
53.1%Trump173,045
11.3%
R+17.6
R+4.8
R+19.7
325,731
R
41.8%Obama128,908
54.6%Romney168,357
3.5%
R+12.8
R+5.1
R+16.7
308,082
R
44.9%Obama136,405
52.6%McCain159,833
2.5%
R+7.7
D+9.9
R+15.0
303,784
R
40.3%Kerry111,896
57.9%Bush160,794
1.7%
R+17.6
R+2.6
R+15.2
277,530
R
40.0%Gore93,652
55.0%Bush128,760
4.9%
R+15.0
R+14.1
R+15.5
233,923
R
42.4%Clinton90,945
43.3%Dole92,892
14.3%
R+0.9
R+4.2
R+9.4
214,440
D
39.1%Clinton86,039
35.8%Bush78,755
25.2%
D+3.3
D+6.3
R+2.3
220,247
R
47.8%Dukakis85,209
50.7%Bush90,456
1.4%
R+2.9
D+18.6
D+4.8
178,242
R
38.6%Mondale72,928
60.2%Reagan113,584
1.2%
R+21.5
D+1.8
R+3.3
188,796
R
33.7%Carter60,368
57.1%Reagan102,212
9.2%
R+23.4
R+12.5
R+13.6
179,127
R
43.0%Carter66,709
53.8%Ford83,502
3.2%
R+10.8
D+14.1
R+12.9
155,222
R
34.7%McGovern51,889
59.7%Nixon89,117
5.6%
R+24.9
R+21.5
R+1.8
149,322
R
44.1%Humphrey58,578
47.6%Nixon63,177
8.3%
R+3.5
R+15.3
R+2.8
132,710
D
55.9%Johnson74,573
44.0%Goldwater58,785
0.1%
D+11.8
D+14.1
R+10.8
133,470
R
48.7%Kennedy67,158
51.1%Nixon70,337
0.2%
R+2.3
D+7.9
R+2.5
137,772
R
44.8%Stevenson58,790
55.1%Eisenhower72,164
0.1%
R+10.2
D+1.2
D+5.2
131,088
R
44.1%Stevenson54,596
55.4%Eisenhower68,688
0.5%
R+11.4
R+25.3
R+0.6
123,895
D
55.4%Truman59,138
41.6%Dewey44,328
3.0%
D+13.9
D+2.5
D+9.4
106,684
D
55.4%Roosevelt55,234
44.0%Dewey43,898
0.6%
D+11.4
R+4.0
D+3.9
99,693
D
57.2%Roosevelt55,753
41.9%Willkie40,799
0.9%
D+15.3
R+24.0
D+5.4
97,463
D
67.9%Roosevelt58,405
28.5%Landon24,518
3.6%
D+39.4
D+19.4
D+15.1
86,059
D
57.2%Roosevelt45,958
37.2%Hoover29,908
5.6%
D+20.0
D+52.3
D+2.2
80,381
R
33.4%Smith22,694
65.7%Hoover44,644
0.9%
R+32.3
D+4.0
R+14.9
67,920
R
12.4%Davis7,511
48.7%Coolidge29,601
38.9%
R+36.4
R+6.4
R+11.2
60,752
R
30.6%Cox16,682
60.6%Harding33,019
8.9%
R+30.0
R+34.3
R+3.8
54,531
D
48.7%Wilson27,378
44.4%Hughes24,928
6.9%
D+4.4
R+13.4
D+1.2
56,198
O
31.6%Wilson15,330
13.8%Taft6,705
54.5%
Roosevelt +22.9
D+43.2
R+1.7
48,469
R
31.4%Bryan10,327
56.8%Taft18,672
11.8%
R+25.4
D+24.7
R+15.8
32,864
R
19.2%Parker4,652
69.4%Roosevelt16,792
11.4%
R+50.1
R+53.0
R+30.5
24,213
D
49.8%Bryan8,608
46.9%McKinley8,108
3.3%
D+2.9
R+41.7
D+10.4
17,288
D
71.6%Bryan9,187
27.0%McKinley3,468
1.3%
D+44.6
D+63.1
D+50.7
12,826
R
26.0%Cleveland2,748
44.5%Harrison4,702
29.5%
R+18.5
—
R+20.2
10,562
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Registered voters
† Some years predate full county coverage; a flagged year sums only the counties reporting it.
Voter registration in Spokane-Spokane Valley-Coeur d'Alene, WA-ID
Year
Total registered
2016 (partial)
367,806
2018
467,885
2020
525,128
2022
532,269
2024
573,713
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+5,069 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +90,297 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Spokane-Spokane Valley-Coeur d'Alene, WA-ID in Spokane-Spokane Valley-Coeur d'Alene, WA-ID: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+563
2012
+253
2013
+1,859
2014
+4,230
2015
+5,984
2016
+10,055
2017
+10,988
2018
+10,865
2019
+12,428
2021
+12,458
2022
+7,715
2023
+3,657
2024
+4,173
2025
+5,069
Spokane-Spokane Valley-Coeur d'Alene, WA-ID sits in the Pacific Northwest. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 44.6 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 50.1 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 3.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 18.6 points.
A population of 779,119, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $78,777 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Boise City-Mountain Home-Ontario, ID-OR and Harrisonburg-Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA.
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How did Spokane-Spokane Valley-Coeur d'Alene, WA-ID, Washington vote in 2024?
In 2024, Spokane-Spokane Valley-Coeur d'Alene, WA-ID, Washington voted Republican by 18.6 points (R+18.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 411,693 votes cast, 160,768 went Democratic and 237,292 went Republican.
When did Spokane-Spokane Valley-Coeur d'Alene, WA-ID, Washington last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Spokane-Spokane Valley-Coeur d'Alene, WA-ID, Washington voted Democratic was 1992.
How many people live in Spokane-Spokane Valley-Coeur d'Alene, WA-ID, Washington?
Spokane-Spokane Valley-Coeur d'Alene, WA-ID, Washington has a population of 779,119 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Spokane-Spokane Valley-Coeur d'Alene, WA-ID, Washington?
Median household income in Spokane-Spokane Valley-Coeur d'Alene, WA-ID, Washington is $78,777 — below the national median of $80,734. The Washington state median is $77,800.
What is the political history of Spokane-Spokane Valley-Coeur d'Alene, WA-ID, Washington?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Spokane-Spokane Valley-Coeur d'Alene, WA-ID, Washington from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 23 went Republican.
