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1892–2024
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census divisionPacific

presidential margin

2004–2024 · Democratic minus Republican

2004D+8.3
2008D+21.9
2012D+20.5
2016D+25.1
2020D+25.7
2024D+18.8
full record · 1892 → 2024

presidential returns

2024 turnout 62.7% of 36,520,897 citizens 18+

YearDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalCVAPTurnout
202413,215,6988,910,219763,17422,889,09136,520,89762.7%
202015,340,5398,936,432648,86424,925,83535,780,22269.7%
201611,881,6866,780,1571,647,14020,308,98634,029,32059.7%
201211,009,0767,170,415546,26818,725,75932,028,73358.5%
200811,511,4067,293,744421,61519,226,76330,515,69063.0%
20049,529,2428,047,385252,51117,829,14029,002,647†61.5%

† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.

2024 presidential margin for PacificPacific: an interactive map of its constituent counties, each colored by its Democratic-vs-Republican presidential margin from deep red through neutral to deep blue. County labels carry each county's own margin. Overall: D+18.8 in 2024.
167 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

German8.8%12.5%
English7.8%9.5%
Irish6.9%9.4%
Italian3.3%4.8%
American3.0%5.3%
French1.3%1.6%
Scottish1.3%1.3%
Norwegian0.9%—
Mexican26.4%11.3%
Salvadoran1.5%0.7%
Guatemalan1.0%0.5%
Puerto Rican0.6%1.8%
Spaniard0.4%—
Spanish0.4%—
Cuban0.2%0.7%
Colombian0.2%0.4%
Chinese3.4%1.3%
Filipino3.1%0.9%
Asian Indian2.0%1.4%
Vietnamese1.5%0.6%
Korean1.1%0.4%
Japanese0.8%0.2%
Hmong0.2%—
Taiwanese0.2%—
African American†3.7%9.9%
African0.3%0.5%
Aztec0.2%—
Native Hawaiian0.2%—

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

MeasurePacificUnited States
Median age38.339.1
Age 18–248.9%9.2%
Age 65 and older16.1%17.2%

Household economy

MeasurePacificUnited States
Median household income$100,258$84,427
Poverty rate11.6%12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)37.0%35.6%

Languages at home

MeasurePacificUnited States
Speaks a non-English language at home37.8%22.3%
Spanish23.0%13.6%
Other Indo-European2.9%2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)2.9%1.1%
Other Asian & Pacific Island2.2%1.1%

Religious landscape

MeasurePacificUnited States
Catholic22.3%18.6%
Evangelical Protestant11.1%16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted56.9%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.

Pacific, United States

presidential history

Presidential margin, 1892–2024

Democratic minus Republican, by election

Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1892 to 2024. Most recent: +18.8% in 2024.flipped D · 1992+18.8%DR18922024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1892−5.6%
1896+2.1%
1900−13.2%
1904−41.0%
1908−23.3%
1912+27.4%
1916+0.8%
1920−37.8%
1924−44.4%
1928−31.4%
1932+21.5%
1936+35.4%
1940+15.5%
1944+12.8%
1948+1.6%
1952−13.8%
1956−10.6%
1960−1.2%
1964+21.0%
1968−2.0%
1972−14.2%
1976−2.0%
1980−15.1%
1984−15.6%
1988−2.1%
1992+12.4%
1996+12.2%
2000+9.1%
2004+8.3%
2008+21.9%
2012+20.5%
2016+25.1%
2020+25.7%
2024+18.8%
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.
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginSwingvs U.S.Total
D
57.7%Harris13,215,698
38.9%Trump8,910,219
3.3%
D+18.8R+6.9D+20.322,889,091
D
61.5%Biden15,340,539
35.9%Trump8,936,432
2.6%
D+25.7D+0.6D+21.224,925,835
D
58.5%Clinton11,881,686
33.4%Trump6,780,157
8.1%
D+25.1D+4.6D+23.020,308,986
D
58.8%Obama11,009,076
38.3%Romney7,170,415
2.9%
D+20.5R+1.4D+16.618,725,759
D
59.9%Obama11,511,406
37.9%McCain7,293,744
2.2%
D+21.9D+13.6D+14.719,226,763
D
53.4%Kerry9,529,242
45.1%Bush8,047,385
1.4%
D+8.3R+0.8D+10.817,829,140
D
51.9%Gore8,113,443
42.8%Bush6,695,085
5.3%
D+9.1R+3.1D+8.515,642,000
D
50.4%Clinton7,178,188
38.2%Dole5,443,930
11.4%
D+12.2R+0.2D+3.614,253,541
D
45.1%Clinton6,993,260
32.7%Bush5,076,357
22.2%
D+12.4D+14.4D+6.815,513,218
R
48.2%Dukakis6,516,904
50.3%Bush6,796,753
1.4%
R+2.1D+13.5D+5.713,508,588
R
41.6%Mondale5,475,455
57.2%Reagan7,527,693
1.2%
R+15.6R+0.5D+2.613,158,757
R
36.5%Carter4,368,421
51.6%Reagan6,177,341
11.9%
R+15.1R+13.1R+5.411,971,384
R
47.3%Carter5,141,448
49.4%Ford5,363,655
3.3%
R+2.0D+12.1R+4.110,867,401
R
41.1%McGovern4,571,316
55.2%Nixon6,150,133
3.7%
R+14.2R+12.1D+9.011,132,147
R
45.3%Humphrey4,395,400
47.4%Nixon4,592,629
7.3%
R+2.0R+23.0R+1.39,692,868
D
60.4%Johnson5,702,932
39.4%Goldwater3,721,402
0.2%
D+21.0D+22.2R+1.69,441,754
R
49.2%Kennedy4,341,741
50.4%Nixon4,450,188
0.4%
R+1.2D+9.4R+1.48,828,646
R
44.5%Stevenson3,272,341
55.1%Eisenhower4,054,491
0.4%
R+10.6D+3.1D+4.87,352,841
R
42.7%Stevenson2,960,972
56.4%Eisenhower3,917,232
0.9%
R+13.8R+15.4R+3.06,939,616
D
48.3%Truman2,631,446
46.7%Dewey2,542,487
5.1%
D+1.6R+11.2R+2.95,449,676
D
56.1%Roosevelt2,723,973
43.2%Dewey2,100,019
0.7%
D+12.8R+2.7D+5.44,857,350
D
57.2%Roosevelt2,598,178
41.7%Willkie1,893,097
1.2%
D+15.5R+19.9D+5.64,543,864
D
66.6%Roosevelt2,493,148
31.1%Landon1,166,029
2.3%
D+35.4D+13.9D+11.23,745,241
D
58.2%Roosevelt1,891,288
36.7%Hoover1,192,566
5.2%
D+21.5D+52.9D+3.73,251,588
R
33.6%Smith880,360
65.1%Hoover1,703,508
1.3%
R+31.4D+12.9R+14.02,617,438
R
10.9%Davis215,945
55.3%Coolidge1,096,053
33.8%
R+44.4R+6.6R+19.21,982,937
R
24.9%Cox393,508
62.7%Harding991,721
12.4%
R+37.8R+38.6R+11.61,581,287
D
46.9%Wilson769,764
46.1%Hughes756,537
7.1%
D+0.8R+26.6R+2.31,642,247
O
36.7%Wilson417,340
9.2%Taft105,118
54.1%
Roosevelt +17.4D+50.7D+7.91,137,783
R
32.9%Bryan224,232
56.2%Taft382,990
10.9%
R+23.3D+17.7R+13.7681,396
R
23.8%Parker135,023
64.8%Roosevelt367,221
11.4%
R+41.0R+27.7R+21.3566,850
R
41.1%Bryan203,203
54.3%McKinley268,737
4.6%
R+13.2R+15.3R+5.7494,744
D
50.0%Bryan244,825
47.9%McKinley234,620
2.1%
D+2.1D+7.7D+8.2489,504
R
37.2%Cleveland162,219
42.8%Harrison186,491
20.0%
R+5.6—R+7.2436,099
voter registration

Registered voters

By party of registration, over time

Party registration · 2026R+12.0
Presidential vote · 2024D+18.8

Pacific registers Republican but votes Democratic — a 31-point gap between how voters register and how they vote, the signature of ancestral registration that trails realignment.

Voter registration in PacificRegistered voters by party of registration, 2026–2026. Latest total 600,489 in 2026.150.1K300.2K450.4K600.5K20262026
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties

† Some years predate full county coverage; a flagged year sums only the counties reporting it.

Voter registration in Pacific
YearTotal registeredDemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther
2026 (partial)600,48969,792141,851378,72010,126
Source: State election authorities
domestic migration

Who moves in and out

Net domestic migration over time

−231,012 net domestic migration · 2025

Net domestic migration in Pacific, 2011–2025Yearly net domestic migration (arrivals minus departures). Cumulative −2,191,338 over the window. Sage = net gain, amber = net loss.
20112025

Net −2,191,338 over 2011–2025 · gain loss

Domestic migration in Pacific in Pacific: net domestic migration by year
YearNet domestic migration
2011−14,257
2012−23,188
2013−37,160
2014−14,570
2015−16,238
2016−20,298
2017−60,628
2018−104,005
2019−163,403
2021−488,980
2022−378,298
2023−385,013
2024−254,288
2025−231,012
Source: Census Population Estimates (net) · IRS SOI (flows)

Pacific sits in United States. In 2024 it voted Democratic.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 35.4 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 44.4 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the division moved 6.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 18.8 points.

A population of 53,538,660, a 41% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $100,258 describe the division. The division's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Middle Atlantic and New England.

Political twins — divisions

The census divisions whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.

Middle Atlantic
47.3twin score
2000–2012 trajectory≠ 12-yr trend
New England
40.7twin score
2008–2024 trajectory≠ elasticity
East North Central
0.0twin score
elasticitypopulation scale2008 margin≠ 12-yr trend

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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Frequently asked questions

How did Pacific, United States vote in 2024?
In 2024, Pacific, United States voted Democratic by 18.8 points (D+18.8), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 22,889,091 votes cast, 13,215,698 went Democratic and 8,910,219 went Republican.
When did Pacific, United States last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Pacific, United States voted Republican was 1988.
How many people live in Pacific, United States?
Pacific, United States has a population of 53,538,660 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Pacific, United States?
Median household income in Pacific, United States is $100,258 — above the national median of $80,734. The United States state median is $92,788.
What is the political history of Pacific, United States?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Pacific, United States from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 16 went Republican.