Middle Atlantic · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 · 34 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
66.8%
9,911,781 votes · D+33.9
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 58.8%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
65.4%
3,700,834 votes · R+38.2
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · 60.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
11,311,515votes
56.4% of the vote · D+14.0
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 10,296,486 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
9,090,422votes
46.4% of the vote · D+6.0
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 8,752,801 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
Al Gore2000
+15.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+16.2 · U.S. D+0.5
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · +14.1 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+15.7pts R vs U.S.
Place R+21.8 · U.S. R+6.1
Runner-up · Charles E. Hughes, 1916 · +13.4 pts
U.S. House elections · 3 House
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
On a multi-state Place, each row sums votes cast in the separate U.S. House races held inside the Place that year. It is a geographic vote total, not one contest or a seat tally.
Middle Atlantic · how this place’s counties split between candidates 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 and there is no roll-up above it. Each cell counts how many of this place’s counties a candidate led — a count of records, not a vote total. Who led the place as a whole is not knowable from these returns, because county rows carry a leader and a lead but no per-candidate votes.
Presidential nominating contests in Middle Atlantic, by party and cycle.
Party
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
Democratic
Clinton137Obama135,345,032 votes · 150 of 150 countiesprimary
○no contest record
Sanders81Clinton694,531,884 votes · 150 of 150 countiesprimary
Biden1504,220,439 votes · 150 of 150 countiesprimary
○no contest record
Republicannot ingested
○no contest record
○no contest record
○no contest record
○no contest record
○no contest record
○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.
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026D+15.6
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+6.0
Registration leans Democratic; the presidential vote runs 9.6 points more Republican than the rolls.
Domestic migration in Middle Atlantic in Middle Atlantic: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−129,182
2012
−173,481
2013
−190,002
2014
−237,299
2015
−277,891
2016
−311,982
2017
−271,917
2018
−253,144
2019
−249,183
2021
−331,906
2022
−387,670
2023
−244,136
2024
−165,984
2025
−177,950
Middle Atlantic sits in United States. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 33.9 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 38.2 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the division moved 8.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 6.0 points.
A population of 42,214,814, a 59% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $90,891 describe the division. The division's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of New England and Pacific.
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Political twins — divisions
The census divisions 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.
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How did Middle Atlantic, United States vote in 2024?
In 2024, Middle Atlantic, United States voted Democratic by 6.0 points (D+6.0), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 19,593,952 votes cast, 10,262,950 went Democratic and 9,090,422 went Republican.
When did Middle Atlantic, United States last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Middle Atlantic, United States voted Republican was 1988.
How many people live in Middle Atlantic, United States?
Middle Atlantic, United States has a population of 42,214,814 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Middle Atlantic, United States?
Median household income in Middle Atlantic, United States is $90,891 — above the national median of $80,734. The United States state median is $103,556.
What is the political history of Middle Atlantic, United States?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Middle Atlantic, United States from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 18 went Democratic and 16 went Republican.
