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1892–2024
Akashic
census divisionWest South Central

presidential margin

2004–2024 · Democratic minus Republican

2004R+21.4
2008R+15.8
2012R+18.6
2016R+15.0
2020R+11.6
2024R+18.0
full record · 1892 → 2024

presidential returns

2024 turnout 56.7% of 28,449,474 citizens 18+

YearDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalCVAPTurnout
20246,498,6249,397,556248,31816,144,49828,449,47456.7%
20207,043,0718,927,131284,50116,254,70327,121,98059.9%
20165,458,8917,497,693614,49013,571,07425,572,64953.1%
20124,955,2217,261,174181,66712,398,06224,041,51451.6%
20085,236,4287,225,785125,62112,587,83422,795,57655.2%
20044,626,9227,161,77683,87611,872,57421,549,638†55.1%

† 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 West South CentralWest South Central: 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+18.0 in 2024.
470 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

English8.5%9.5%
German8.5%12.5%
Irish6.6%9.4%
American5.3%5.3%
French2.3%1.6%
Italian2.1%4.8%
Scottish1.4%1.3%
Polish0.6%2.2%
Mexican24.7%11.3%
Salvadoran1.0%0.7%
Honduran0.8%0.3%
Puerto Rican0.7%1.8%
Guatemalan0.4%0.5%
Cuban0.4%0.7%
Spaniard0.3%—
Colombian0.3%0.4%
African American†12.2%9.9%
African0.6%0.5%
Nigerian0.3%0.2%
Asian Indian1.4%1.4%
Vietnamese0.8%0.6%
Chinese0.6%1.3%
Filipino0.4%0.9%
Korean0.2%0.4%
Pakistani0.2%—

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

MeasureWest South CentralUnited States
Median age36.339.1
Age 18–249.6%9.2%
Age 65 and older14.3%17.2%

Household economy

MeasureWest South CentralUnited States
Median household income$75,507$84,427
Poverty rate14.7%12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)31.9%35.6%

Languages at home

MeasureWest South CentralUnited States
Speaks a non-English language at home28.0%22.3%
Spanish22.1%13.6%
Other Indo-European1.4%2.0%

Religious landscape

MeasureWest South CentralUnited States
Catholic18.5%18.6%
Evangelical Protestant26.5%16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted43.5%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.

West South Central, 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: −18.0% in 2024.flipped R · 1980−18.0%DR18922024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1892+38.7%
1896+51.0%
1900+38.7%
1904+35.4%
1908+20.2%
1912+42.3%
1916+44.9%
1920+18.2%
1924+34.0%
1928−2.7%
1932+67.4%
1936+59.9%
1940+47.8%
1944+41.5%
1948+33.0%
1952−3.3%
1956−9.6%
1960+2.0%
1964+15.2%
1968−1.0%
1972−37.0%
1976+5.8%
1980−12.5%
1984−27.5%
1988−12.8%
1992−0.8%
1996−0.1%
2000−17.6%
2004−21.4%
2008−15.8%
2012−18.6%
2016−15.0%
2020−11.6%
2024−18.0%
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.
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginSwingvs U.S.Total
R
40.3%Harris6,498,624
58.2%Trump9,397,556
1.5%
R+18.0R+6.4R+16.516,144,498
R
43.3%Biden7,043,071
54.9%Trump8,927,131
1.8%
R+11.6D+3.4R+16.016,254,703
R
40.2%Clinton5,458,891
55.2%Trump7,497,693
4.5%
R+15.0D+3.6R+17.113,571,074
R
40.0%Obama4,955,221
58.6%Romney7,261,174
1.5%
R+18.6R+2.8R+22.512,398,062
R
41.6%Obama5,236,428
57.4%McCain7,225,785
1.0%
R+15.8D+5.5R+23.112,587,834
R
39.0%Kerry4,626,922
60.3%Bush7,161,776
0.7%
R+21.4R+3.7R+18.911,872,574
R
39.9%Gore4,123,134
57.6%Bush5,944,787
2.5%
R+17.6R+17.6R+18.210,329,303
R
45.9%Clinton4,350,796
45.9%Dole4,356,484
8.2%
R+0.1D+0.7R+8.69,486,578
R
39.6%Clinton4,076,675
40.4%Bush4,159,710
19.9%
R+0.8D+12.0R+6.410,285,047
R
43.1%Dukakis3,902,868
55.9%Bush5,065,476
1.0%
R+12.8D+14.7R+5.19,054,386
R
36.0%Mondale3,324,588
63.5%Reagan5,867,031
0.6%
R+27.5R+15.0R+9.39,244,475
R
42.0%Carter3,389,667
54.5%Reagan4,402,292
3.5%
R+12.5R+18.4R+2.88,077,518
D
52.4%Carter3,775,740
46.5%Ford3,355,207
1.1%
D+5.8D+42.8D+3.87,211,970
R
30.6%McGovern1,898,479
67.6%Nixon4,190,524
1.8%
R+37.0R+35.9R+13.86,201,771
R
36.0%Humphrey2,066,305
37.0%Nixon2,125,835
27.0%
R+1.0R+16.2R+0.35,739,721
D
57.5%Johnson2,884,284
42.3%Goldwater2,123,720
0.2%
D+15.2D+13.1R+7.45,017,029
D
48.5%Kennedy2,160,066
46.5%Nixon2,069,837
5.0%
D+2.0D+11.6D+1.94,450,634
R
44.4%Stevenson1,702,793
53.9%Eisenhower2,069,722
1.7%
R+9.6R+6.3D+5.83,838,634
R
48.3%Stevenson1,971,494
51.6%Eisenhower2,105,003
0.1%
R+3.3R+36.2D+7.54,081,682
D
59.4%Truman1,563,020
26.5%Dewey695,900
14.1%
D+33.0R+8.6D+28.52,629,842
D
67.9%Roosevelt1,653,683
26.4%Dewey642,148
5.7%
D+41.5R+6.2D+34.02,435,307
D
73.8%Roosevelt1,861,251
26.0%Willkie656,132
0.2%
D+47.8R+12.1D+37.82,523,383
D
79.7%Roosevelt1,680,680
19.9%Landon418,623
0.4%
D+59.9R+7.6D+35.62,108,128
D
83.5%Roosevelt1,726,524
16.1%Hoover332,701
0.4%
D+67.4D+70.2D+49.62,066,897
R
48.4%Smith847,567
51.2%Hoover895,314
0.4%
R+2.7R+36.8D+14.71,749,719
D
63.3%Davis927,500
29.3%Coolidge429,082
7.4%
D+34.0D+15.8D+59.21,464,233
D
54.7%Cox701,950
36.5%Harding467,973
8.8%
D+18.2R+26.6D+44.41,282,673
D
68.4%Wilson627,449
23.5%Hughes215,877
8.0%
D+44.9D+2.6D+41.7917,076
D
61.8%Wilson468,091
19.5%Taft147,814
18.7%
D+42.3D+22.1D+22.7757,353
D
56.6%Bryan273,451
36.5%Taft176,056
6.9%
D+20.2R+15.2D+29.7482,757
D
65.9%Parker112,181
30.5%Roosevelt51,965
3.6%
D+35.4R+3.4D+55.0170,305
D
68.9%Bryan134,910
30.1%McKinley59,034
1.0%
D+38.7R+12.3D+46.3195,868
D
74.8%Bryan187,275
23.8%McKinley59,549
1.4%
D+51.0D+12.3D+57.1250,439
D
66.8%Cleveland175,760
28.1%Harrison73,946
5.0%
D+38.7—D+37.1262,917
voter registration

Registered voters

By party of registration, over time

Party registration · 2026R+28.0
Presidential vote · 2024R+18.0

Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 10 points more Republican.

Voter registration in West South CentralRegistered voters by party of registration, 2026–2026. Latest total 2,406,168 in 2026.601.5K1.2M1.8M2.4M20262026
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties

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

Voter registration in West South Central
YearTotal registeredDemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther
2026 (partial)2,406,168609,2651,282,277491,29423,332
Source: State election authorities
domestic migration

Who moves in and out

Net domestic migration over time

+81,879 net domestic migration · 2025

Net domestic migration in West South Central, 2011–2025Yearly net domestic migration (arrivals minus departures). Cumulative +1,852,566 over the window. Sage = net gain, amber = net loss.
20112025

Net +1,852,566 over 2011–2025 · gain loss

Domestic migration in West South Central in West South Central: net domestic migration by year
YearNet domestic migration
2011+136,426
2012+148,303
2013+117,734
2014+155,342
2015+174,394
2016+104,477
2017+50,028
2018+53,905
2019+105,952
2021+215,315
2022+215,062
2023+197,880
2024+95,869
2025+81,879
Source: Census Population Estimates (net) · IRS SOI (flows)

West South Central sits in United States. In 2024 it voted Republican.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 67.4 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 37.0 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the division moved 6.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 18.0 points.

A population of 41,878,410, a 45% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $75,507 describe the division. The division's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of East South Central and Mountain.

Political twins — divisions

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

East South Central
58.6twin score
2004–2012 trajectoryelasticity≠ 12-yr trend
Mountain
45.2twin score
2000–2012 trajectory12-yr trend≠ elasticity
West North Central
10.5twin score
2016–2024 trajectoryItalian 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 West South Central, United States vote in 2024?
In 2024, West South Central, United States voted Republican by 18.0 points (R+18.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 16,144,498 votes cast, 6,498,624 went Democratic and 9,397,556 went Republican.
When did West South Central, United States last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which West South Central, United States voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in West South Central, United States?
West South Central, United States has a population of 41,878,410 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in West South Central, United States?
Median household income in West South Central, United States is $75,507 — below the national median of $80,734. The United States state median is $60,773.
What is the political history of West South Central, United States?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in West South Central, United States from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 17 went Republican.