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Philadelphia
presidential margin
2008D+28.22012D+25.42016D+22.72020D+24.82024D+20.2
full record · 1892 → 2024
D+20.2
2024
median income$91,330U.S. $80,734 · PA $77,971
median age39.7U.S. 39.1
poverty rate11.5%U.S. 12.5%
bachelor’s+ (25+)40.0%U.S. 35.6%
non-english19.0%U.S. 22.3%
race · ethnicity · ancestry
Irish15.5%
German14.4%
Italian11.7%
African American†14.6%
African0.6%
Jamaican0.6%
Puerto Rican5.6%
Mexican2.4%
Dominican2.0%
Asian Indian2.2%
Chinese1.4%
Vietnamese0.5%
religion
other traditions
Mainline7.4%
Muslim2.1%
Black Protestant1.9%
Jewish1.0%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents, unaffiliated is the unclaimed remainder.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Akashic
PhiladelphiaHarrisD+20.2
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2024 presidential margin by county for Philadelphia, PAA map of the constituent counties of Philadelphia, PA, each outlined and filled by its 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), seated within the faint outlines of the surrounding states.Chester County, PA · D+14.5Salem County, NJ · R+19.2Delaware County, PA · D+23.7Lehigh County, PA · D+2.7Montgomery County, PA · D+22.8Philadelphia County, PA · D+58.8New Castle County, DE · D+32.6Atlantic County, NJ · R+3.0Kent County, DE · D+2.0Camden County, NJ · D+27.4Cumberland County, NJ · R+3.8Mercer County, NJ · D+33.9Berks County, PA · R+12.2Cape May County, NJ · R+19.2Burlington County, NJ · D+16.6Bucks County, PA · R+0.1Northampton County, PA · R+1.8Gloucester County, NJ · R+2.8
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Kamala Harris ✓Democratic59.5%2,565,171
Donald TrumpRepublican39.3%1,695,446
Jill SteinGreen1.2%53,353
D+60
R+60
18 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
County-level results (18 counties) — table
2024 presidential result by county for Philadelphia, PA — winner and D-vs-R margin.
CountyWinnerMargin
Atlantic County, NJRepublicanR+3.0
Berks County, PARepublicanR+12.2
Bucks County, PARepublicanR+0.1
Burlington County, NJDemocraticD+16.6
Camden County, NJDemocraticD+27.4
Cape May County, NJRepublicanR+19.2
Chester County, PADemocraticD+14.5
Cumberland County, NJRepublicanR+3.8
Delaware County, PADemocraticD+23.7
Gloucester County, NJRepublicanR+2.8
Kent County, DEDemocraticD+2.0
Lehigh County, PADemocraticD+2.7
Mercer County, NJDemocraticD+33.9
Montgomery County, PADemocraticD+22.8
New Castle County, DEDemocraticD+32.6
Northampton County, PARepublicanR+1.8
Philadelphia County, PADemocraticD+58.8
Salem County, NJRepublicanR+19.2
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
D
59.5%Harris2,565,171
39.3%Trump1,695,446
1.2%Stein53,353
+20.2%
4,313,970
D
61.9%Biden2,716,528
37.1%Trump1,629,794
1.0%Jorgensen42,709
+24.8%
4,389,031
D
59.3%Clinton2,307,993
36.6%Trump1,424,799
4.1%Johnson161,132
+22.7%
3,893,924
D
62.1%Obama2,304,775
36.6%Romney1,360,490
1.3%Johnson47,040
+25.4%
3,712,305
D
63.6%Obama2,437,015
35.4%McCain1,357,945
1.0%Nader38,124
+28.2%
3,833,084
D
58.8%Kerry2,109,185
40.6%Bush1,457,213
0.6%Badnarik22,572
+18.2%
3,588,970
D
58.7%Gore1,784,235
38.3%Bush1,165,483
3.0%Nader92,278
+20.3%
3,041,996
D
55.2%Clinton1,531,647
33.9%Dole940,677
10.8%Perot299,934
+21.3%
2,772,258
D
47.6%Clinton1,462,863
34.2%Bush1,052,196
18.2%Perot559,514
+13.4%
3,074,573
R
47.3%Dukakis1,335,129
51.7%Bush1,459,192
1.0%McCarthy27,141
−4.4%
2,821,462
R
45.6%Mondale1,341,193
53.9%Reagan1,587,113
0.5%Johnson14,594
−8.4%
2,942,900
R
42.9%Carter1,174,627
47.6%Reagan1,303,947
9.5%Anderson259,246
−4.7%
2,737,820
D
53.1%Carter1,472,152
45.1%Ford1,248,931
1.8%McCarthy50,864
+8.1%
2,771,947
R
42.0%McGovern1,157,261
56.5%Nixon1,557,909
1.6%Schmitz42,786
−14.5%
2,757,956
D
48.7%Humphrey1,336,886
41.7%Nixon1,143,618
9.6%Wallace262,445
+7.0%
2,742,949
D
66.3%Johnson1,803,965
33.3%Goldwater907,102
0.4%Hass9,663
+33.0%
2,720,730
D
54.4%Kennedy1,469,792
45.3%Nixon1,222,998
0.2%Byrd6,746
+9.1%
2,699,536
R
45.6%Stevenson1,104,046
54.1%Eisenhower1,309,697
0.3%Andrews7,227
−8.5%
2,420,970
R
49.3%Stevenson1,176,762
50.3%Eisenhower1,199,411
0.4%Hallinan9,997
−0.9%
2,386,170
R
46.7%Truman930,174
50.9%Dewey1,013,194
2.4%Thurmond47,459
−4.2%
1,990,827
D
54.5%Roosevelt1,047,950
45.0%Dewey864,569
0.5%Thomas9,241
+9.5%
1,921,760
D
55.8%Roosevelt1,123,798
43.8%Willkie882,283
0.5%Thomas9,448
+12.0%
2,015,529
D
58.0%Roosevelt1,161,272
39.9%Landon800,025
2.1%Lemke41,970
+18.0%
2,003,267
R
41.4%Roosevelt632,956
54.8%Hoover838,110
3.8%Thomas57,550
−13.4%
1,528,616
R
32.6%Smith530,697
66.5%Hoover1,084,028
0.9%Thomas15,388
−33.9%
1,630,113
R
19.6%Davis209,786
71.2%Coolidge762,213
9.2%La Follette98,389
−51.6%
1,070,388
R
27.0%Cox257,564
68.2%Harding650,334
4.7%Debs45,168
−41.2%
953,066
R
37.9%Wilson239,897
59.0%Hughes373,212
3.1%Benson19,293
−21.1%
632,402
O
34.0%Wilson193,699
29.8%Taft170,118
36.2%Roosevelt206,411
Roosevelt +2.2
570,228
R
34.8%Bryan207,377
61.8%Taft367,811
3.4%Debs19,975
−27.0%
595,163
R
26.4%Parker146,384
70.8%Roosevelt392,220
2.7%Debs15,152
−44.4%
553,756
R
32.7%Bryan162,137
65.1%McKinley322,565
2.2%Woolley10,937
−32.4%
495,639
R
31.6%Bryan157,502
65.7%McKinley327,603
2.8%Palmer13,824
−34.1%
498,929
R
45.9%Cleveland200,354
52.2%Harrison227,725
2.0%Weaver8,539
−6.3%
436,618
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: +20.2% in 2024.flipped D · 1992+20.2%DR18922024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1892−6.3%
1896−34.1%
1900−32.4%
1904−44.4%
1908−27.0%
1912+4.1%
1916−21.1%
1920−41.2%
1924−51.6%
1928−33.9%
1932−13.4%
1936+18.0%
1940+12.0%
1944+9.5%
1948−4.2%
1952−0.9%
1956−8.5%
1960+9.1%
1964+33.0%
1968+7.0%
1972−14.5%
1976+8.1%
1980−4.7%
1984−8.4%
1988−4.4%
1992+13.4%
1996+21.3%
2000+20.3%
2004+18.2%
2008+28.2%
2012+25.4%
2016+22.7%
2020+24.8%
2024+20.2%
DemocraticRepublican

The Philadelphia media market delivers the state's largest Democratic vote shares, but raw turnout variation within the city itself can swing a Pennsylvania statewide contest by tens of thousands of votes in either direction.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 33.0 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 51.6 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 4.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 20.2 points.

A population of 8,395,425, a 58% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $91,330 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Chicago and New York.

Political twins — media markets

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

Chicago
Illinois
93.0twin score
2000–2024 trajectory≠ Puerto Rican ancestry
New York
New York
92.8twin score
2000–2020 trajectory≠ 12-yr trend
Boston (Manchester)
Massachusetts
89.7twin score
2000–2024 trajectory≠ median income

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. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.

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Places within Philadelphia

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Atlantic CountyBerks CountyBucks CountyBurlington CountyCamden CountyCape May CountyChester CountyCumberland CountyDelaware CountyGloucester CountyKent CountyLehigh CountyMercer CountyMontgomery CountyNew Castle CountyNorthampton CountyPhiladelphia CountySalem County

Frequently asked questions

How did Philadelphia, Pennsylvania vote in 2024?
In 2024, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania voted Democratic by 20.2 points (D+20.2), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 4,313,970 votes cast, 2,565,171 went Democratic and 1,695,446 went Republican.
When did Philadelphia, Pennsylvania last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Philadelphia, Pennsylvania voted Republican was 1988.
How many people live in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania?
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania has a population of 8,395,425 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is $91,330 — above the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 17 went Republican.