Akashic
1892–2024
Akashic
census divisionSouth Atlantic

presidential margin

2004–2024 · Democratic minus Republican

2004R+6.4
2008D+3.9
2012D+1.8
2016D+0.6
2020D+2.5
2024R+3.1
full record · 1892 → 2024

presidential returns

2024 turnout 67.9% of 49,401,964 citizens 18+

YearDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalCVAPTurnout
202416,011,11317,035,036491,44133,537,59049,401,96467.9%
202016,795,47815,977,862471,81733,245,15747,456,65670.1%
201613,794,25513,624,8431,185,94828,605,04644,932,44263.7%
201213,452,25712,981,559356,98626,790,80242,480,14763.1%
200813,524,14112,508,330258,18626,290,65740,605,05664.7%
200410,656,13912,136,272184,40522,976,81638,729,965†59.3%

† 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 South AtlanticSouth Atlantic: 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: R+3.1 in 2024.
588 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

English10.3%9.5%
German9.2%12.5%
Irish8.5%9.4%
American7.5%5.3%
Italian4.2%4.8%
Scottish1.7%1.3%
Polish1.6%2.2%
French1.3%1.6%
African American†17.2%9.9%
Haitian0.9%0.3%
Jamaican0.8%0.4%
African0.7%0.5%
Nigerian0.3%0.2%
Ethiopian0.2%—
Mexican3.7%11.3%
Puerto Rican2.6%1.8%
Cuban2.6%0.7%
Colombian0.9%0.4%
Salvadoran0.8%0.7%
Dominican0.6%0.7%
Guatemalan0.6%0.5%
Venezuelan0.6%—
Asian Indian1.2%1.4%
Chinese0.6%1.3%
Filipino0.5%0.9%
Vietnamese0.4%0.6%
Korean0.3%0.4%

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

MeasureSouth AtlanticUnited States
Median age40.639.1
Age 18–248.8%9.2%
Age 65 and older18.2%17.2%

Household economy

MeasureSouth AtlanticUnited States
Median household income$82,004$84,427
Poverty rate12.4%12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)36.4%35.6%

Languages at home

MeasureSouth AtlanticUnited States
Speaks a non-English language at home20.1%22.3%
Spanish12.8%13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)1.3%0.7%
Other Indo-European1.8%2.0%

Religious landscape

MeasureSouth AtlanticUnited States
Catholic12.9%18.6%
Evangelical Protestant21.1%16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted51.9%51.5%
Mainline Protestant6.3%5.2%
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.

South Atlantic, 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: −3.1% in 2024.flipped R · 2024−3.1%DR18922024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1892+19.4%
1896+6.8%
1900+12.6%
1904+39.6%
1908+25.4%
1912+51.9%
1916+24.9%
1920+7.7%
1924+13.0%
1928−9.7%
1932+35.2%
1936+39.5%
1940+35.3%
1944+27.0%
1948+16.4%
1952+1.7%
1956−4.3%
1960+4.2%
1964+11.1%
1968−4.6%
1972−37.0%
1976+11.1%
1980−4.0%
1984−21.6%
1988−16.0%
1992+1.4%
1996+3.6%
2000−3.4%
2004−6.4%
2008+3.9%
2012+1.8%
2016+0.6%
2020+2.5%
2024−3.1%
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
R
47.7%Harris16,011,113
50.8%Trump17,035,036
1.5%
R+3.1R+5.5R+1.633,537,590
D
50.5%Biden16,795,478
48.1%Trump15,977,862
1.4%
D+2.5D+1.9R+2.033,245,157
D
48.2%Clinton13,794,255
47.6%Trump13,624,843
4.1%
D+0.6R+1.2R+1.528,605,046
D
50.2%Obama13,452,257
48.5%Romney12,981,559
1.3%
D+1.8R+2.1R+2.126,790,802
D
51.4%Obama13,524,141
47.6%McCain12,508,330
1.0%
D+3.9D+10.3R+3.426,290,657
R
46.4%Kerry10,656,139
52.8%Bush12,136,272
0.8%
R+6.4R+3.1R+4.022,976,816
R
47.1%Gore8,860,828
50.5%Bush9,491,340
2.3%
R+3.4R+7.0R+3.918,793,526
D
47.7%Clinton7,894,234
44.1%Dole7,293,526
8.3%
D+3.6D+2.2R+4.916,554,512
D
42.8%Clinton7,350,194
41.3%Bush7,101,603
15.9%
D+1.4D+17.5R+4.117,190,234
R
41.6%Dukakis5,927,387
57.7%Bush8,206,540
0.7%
R+16.0D+5.6R+8.314,234,395
R
39.1%Mondale5,518,575
60.6%Reagan8,564,770
0.3%
R+21.6R+17.6R+3.314,123,412
R
45.3%Carter5,695,184
49.2%Reagan6,196,329
5.5%
R+4.0R+15.1D+5.812,583,347
D
55.0%Carter6,263,435
44.0%Ford5,003,053
1.0%
D+11.1D+48.1D+9.011,378,307
R
31.0%McGovern3,080,727
68.0%Nixon6,758,250
1.0%
R+37.0R+32.4R+13.99,933,514
R
34.5%Humphrey3,256,379
39.2%Nixon3,691,764
26.3%
R+4.6R+15.7R+3.99,428,225
D
55.5%Johnson4,609,305
44.4%Goldwater3,689,212
0.0%
D+11.1D+6.9R+11.58,302,222
D
52.1%Kennedy3,587,637
47.9%Nixon3,299,546
0.1%
D+4.2D+8.5D+4.06,892,505
R
46.7%Stevenson2,748,506
51.0%Eisenhower3,003,185
2.3%
R+4.3R+6.1D+11.15,884,390
D
50.8%Stevenson2,928,487
49.0%Eisenhower2,827,686
0.2%
D+1.7R+14.6D+12.55,766,113
D
52.6%Truman2,014,435
36.2%Dewey1,387,652
11.2%
D+16.4R+10.6D+11.93,831,605
D
63.4%Roosevelt2,244,273
36.4%Dewey1,288,625
0.3%
D+27.0R+8.3D+19.53,542,518
D
67.5%Roosevelt2,519,781
32.2%Willkie1,203,397
0.2%
D+35.3R+4.2D+25.33,731,485
D
69.6%Roosevelt2,431,288
30.1%Landon1,050,850
0.3%
D+39.5D+4.4D+15.33,492,441
D
67.0%Roosevelt2,018,047
31.8%Hoover959,002
1.2%
D+35.2D+44.8D+17.43,012,616
R
44.9%Smith1,243,205
54.6%Hoover1,511,248
0.5%
R+9.7R+22.6D+7.82,769,288
D
53.1%Davis1,097,007
40.2%Coolidge829,612
6.7%
D+13.0D+5.2D+38.12,064,537
D
53.1%Cox1,149,160
45.4%Harding981,701
1.5%
D+7.7R+17.1D+33.92,164,028
D
60.7%Wilson820,307
35.8%Hughes484,185
3.5%
D+24.9R+27.0D+21.71,351,765
D
68.4%Wilson785,835
16.5%Taft189,634
15.1%
D+51.9D+26.5D+32.41,148,596
D
78.2%Bryan743,322
52.9%Taft502,212
0.0%
D+25.4R+14.3D+34.9950,079
D
90.0%Parker738,584
50.4%Roosevelt413,340
0.0%
D+39.6D+27.1D+59.3820,288
D
68.5%Bryan676,648
56.0%McKinley552,330
0.0%
D+12.6D+5.8D+20.1987,147
D
52.3%Bryan705,330
45.5%McKinley614,124
2.2%
D+6.8R+12.7D+12.81,348,737
D
54.8%Cleveland703,510
35.4%Harrison453,966
9.8%
D+19.4—D+17.81,283,258
voter registration

Registered voters

By party of registration, over time

Party registration · 2026D+22.0
Presidential vote · 2024R+3.1

South Atlantic registers Democratic but votes Republican — a 25-point gap between how voters register and how they vote, the signature of ancestral registration that trails realignment.

Voter registration in South AtlanticRegistered voters by party of registration, 2008–2026. Latest total 6,808,822 in 2026.3.6M7.1M10.7M6.8M20082026
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties

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

Voter registration in South Atlantic
YearTotal registeredDemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther
2008 (partial)6,080,1032,784,8961,945,5801,345,6693,958
2012 (partial)6,655,3022,872,8412,053,8811,709,20719,373
2017 (partial)12,876,3814,815,7494,550,1463,447,81162,675
2019 (partial)13,508,3174,977,6124,750,4023,635,437144,866
2021 (partial)14,284,9205,095,0085,120,0763,816,816253,020
2023 (partial)13,540,1354,460,8315,158,7533,607,279313,272
2026 (partial)6,808,8223,250,2111,752,0991,643,648162,864
Source: State election authorities
domestic migration

Who moves in and out

Net domestic migration over time

+203,812 net domestic migration · 2025

Net domestic migration in South Atlantic, 2011–2025Yearly net domestic migration (arrivals minus departures). Cumulative +3,903,304 over the window. Sage = net gain, amber = net loss.
20112025

Net +3,903,304 over 2011–2025 · gain loss

Domestic migration in South Atlantic in South Atlantic: net domestic migration by year
YearNet domestic migration
2011+161,808
2012+180,450
2013+173,349
2014+214,032
2015+274,108
2016+318,029
2017+276,752
2018+262,632
2019+268,846
2021+447,313
2022+507,501
2023+385,372
2024+229,300
2025+203,812
Source: Census Population Estimates (net) · IRS SOI (flows)

South Atlantic sits in United States. In 2024 it voted Republican.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 51.9 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 37.0 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the division moved 5.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 3.1 points.

A population of 67,775,152, a 54% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $82,004 describe the division. The division's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of East South Central and East North Central.

Political twins — divisions

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

East South Central
25.5twin score
% BlackAfrican American ancestryMexican ancestry≠ elasticity
East North Central
13.4twin score
population scale% AsianChinese ancestry≠ elasticity
West South Central
6.2twin score
% EvangelicalChinese ancestryGerman ancestry≠ elasticity

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 South Atlantic, United States vote in 2024?
In 2024, South Atlantic, United States voted Republican by 3.1 points (R+3.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 33,537,590 votes cast, 16,011,113 went Democratic and 17,035,036 went Republican.
When did South Atlantic, United States last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which South Atlantic, United States voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in South Atlantic, United States?
South Atlantic, United States has a population of 67,775,152 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in South Atlantic, United States?
Median household income in South Atlantic, United States is $82,004 — above the national median of $80,734. The United States state median is $84,954.
What is the political history of South Atlantic, United States?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in South Atlantic, United States from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 24 went Democratic and 10 went Republican.