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Mobile-Pensacola (Fort Walton Beach)
presidential margin
2008R+27.62012R+30.12016R+33.02020R+29.42024R+34.7
full record · 1892 → 2024
R+34.7
2024
median income$70,815U.S. $80,734 · AL $63,999
median age39.7U.S. 39.1
poverty rate13.2%U.S. 12.5%
bachelor’s+ (25+)29.1%U.S. 35.6%
non-english6.9%U.S. 22.3%
race · ethnicity · ancestry
English12.0%
Irish9.9%
German9.7%
African American†19.1%
African0.5%
Jamaican0.3%
Mexican2.3%
Puerto Rican0.9%
Cuban0.4%
Filipino0.6%
Vietnamese0.4%
Chinese0.3%
religion
other traditions
Mainline6.8%
Black Protestant5.2%
Latter-day Saints1.1%
Other Christian0.7%
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.

Mobile-Pensacola (Fort Walton Beach), Alabama

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Mobile-Pensacola (Fort Walton Beach)TrumpR+34.7
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2024 presidential margin by county for Mobile-Pensacola (Fort Walton Beach), ALA map of the constituent counties of Mobile-Pensacola (Fort Walton Beach), AL, 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.Monroe County, AL · R+23.1Baldwin County, AL · R+58.0Escambia County, AL · R+46.3Okaloosa County, FL · R+42.4Washington County, AL · R+55.3Escambia County, FL · R+19.5Greene County, MS · R+69.8Clarke County, AL · R+17.0Santa Rosa County, FL · R+50.9Mobile County, AL · R+16.4Conecuh County, AL · R+13.9
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican66.8%496,176
Kamala HarrisDemocratic32.1%238,608
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Independent1.1%8,316
D+60
R+60
11 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
County-level results (11 counties) — table
2024 presidential result by county for Mobile-Pensacola (Fort Walton Beach), AL — winner and D-vs-R margin.
CountyWinnerMargin
Baldwin County, ALRepublicanR+58.0
Clarke County, ALRepublicanR+17.0
Conecuh County, ALRepublicanR+13.9
Escambia County, ALRepublicanR+46.3
Escambia County, FLRepublicanR+19.5
Greene County, MSRepublicanR+69.8
Mobile County, ALRepublicanR+16.4
Monroe County, ALRepublicanR+23.1
Okaloosa County, FLRepublicanR+42.4
Santa Rosa County, FLRepublicanR+50.9
Washington County, ALRepublicanR+55.3
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
R
32.1%Harris238,608
66.8%Trump496,176
1.1%Kennedy8,316
−34.7%
743,100
R
34.5%Biden258,159
63.9%Trump477,784
1.5%Jorgensen11,415
−29.4%
747,358
R
31.9%Clinton211,463
64.9%Trump430,706
3.3%Johnson21,638
−33.0%
663,807
R
34.5%Obama221,151
64.6%Romney414,203
1.0%Johnson6,144
−30.1%
641,498
R
35.8%Obama232,470
63.4%McCain411,993
0.8%Nader5,403
−27.6%
649,866
R
31.3%Kerry181,079
67.9%Bush393,558
0.8%Other4,685
−36.7%
579,322
R
33.9%Gore163,863
63.9%Bush308,744
2.2%Browne10,641
−30.0%
483,248
R
35.3%Clinton154,243
56.2%Dole245,564
8.6%Browne37,497
−20.9%
437,304
R
31.7%Clinton140,365
51.1%Bush226,738
17.2%Perot76,319
−19.5%
443,422
R
32.1%Dukakis119,586
67.1%Bush250,185
0.8%Paul3,134
−35.0%
372,905
R
29.7%Mondale112,432
69.5%Reagan263,520
0.8%Bergland3,108
−39.9%
379,060
R
37.5%Carter128,971
59.2%Reagan203,787
3.3%Anderson11,194
−21.8%
343,952
R
47.3%Carter143,011
51.1%Ford154,339
1.6%Maddox4,761
−3.7%
302,111
R
19.9%McGovern49,945
78.7%Nixon197,460
1.4%Schmitz3,639
−58.8%
251,044
O
19.2%Humphrey48,760
15.0%Nixon37,905
65.8%Wallace166,651
Wallace +46.5
253,316
R
18.9%Johnson37,047
66.5%Goldwater130,104
14.6%Hass28,586
−47.5%
195,737
D
58.0%Kennedy88,076
40.3%Nixon61,311
1.7%Byrd2,583
+17.6%
151,970
D
55.9%Stevenson64,847
41.7%Eisenhower48,403
2.5%Andrews2,859
+14.2%
116,109
D
61.5%Stevenson62,099
38.3%Eisenhower38,612
0.2%Hallinan198
+23.3%
100,909
O
33.5%Truman18,935
14.4%Dewey8,129
52.1%Thurmond29,391
Thurmond +18.5
56,455
D
82.4%Roosevelt43,348
17.2%Dewey9,046
0.4%Thomas187
+65.2%
52,581
D
88.1%Roosevelt50,916
11.3%Willkie6,520
0.6%Thomas364
+76.8%
57,800
D
88.9%Roosevelt40,584
10.4%Landon4,762
0.7%Lemke308
+78.5%
45,654
D
86.6%Roosevelt33,534
12.8%Hoover4,959
0.6%Thomas232
+73.8%
38,725
R
48.1%Smith18,349
51.5%Hoover19,636
0.3%Thomas123
−3.4%
38,108
D
68.9%Davis14,225
21.7%Coolidge4,479
9.3%La Follette1,928
+47.2%
20,632
D
73.2%Cox18,497
22.8%Harding5,747
4.0%Debs1,015
+50.5%
25,259
D
82.4%Wilson12,759
13.8%Hughes2,134
3.8%Benson590
+68.6%
15,483
D
81.2%Wilson10,023
3.8%Taft473
15.0%Roosevelt1,848
+77.4%
12,344
D
73.9%Bryan9,064
14.9%Taft1,830
11.2%Debs1,379
+58.9%
12,273
D
84.6%Parker9,489
12.4%Roosevelt1,389
3.0%Debs342
+72.2%
11,220
D
62.5%Bryan10,267
31.6%McKinley5,200
5.9%Woolley967
+30.8%
16,434
D
61.7%Bryan11,649
31.5%McKinley5,935
6.8%Palmer1,287
+30.3%
18,871
D
66.0%Cleveland14,902
5.7%Harrison1,282
28.3%Weaver6,382
+60.4%
22,566
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: −34.7% in 2024.flipped R · 1972−34.7%DR18922024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1892+60.4%
1896+30.3%
1900+30.8%
1904+72.2%
1908+58.9%
1912+77.4%
1916+68.6%
1920+50.5%
1924+47.2%
1928−3.4%
1932+73.8%
1936+78.5%
1940+76.8%
1944+65.2%
1948+19.1%
1952+23.3%
1956+14.2%
1960+17.6%
1964−47.5%
1968+4.3%
1972−58.8%
1976−3.7%
1980−21.8%
1984−39.9%
1988−35.0%
1992−19.5%
1996−20.9%
2000−30.0%
2004−36.7%
2008−27.6%
2012−30.1%
2016−33.0%
2020−29.4%
2024−34.7%
DemocraticRepublican
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Voter registration in Mobile-Pensacola (Fort Walton Beach)Registered voters by party of registration, 2017–2023. Latest total 499,594 in 2023.126.7K253.5K380.2K507K499.6K20172023
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties

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

Voter registration in Mobile-Pensacola (Fort Walton Beach)
YearTotal registeredDemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther
2017 (partial)461,230119,272242,33896,5223,098
2019 (partial)488,780123,983254,567103,1567,074
2021 (partial)506,964125,388261,635109,17110,770
2023 (partial)499,594114,492263,287109,14012,675
Source: State election authorities

Spanning the Alabama-Florida panhandle, this media market clusters around Pensacola NAS, Eglin AFB, and Hurlburt Field, giving active-duty and veteran households an outsized share of the vote relative to comparable coastal metros.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 78.5 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 58.8 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 5.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 34.7 points.

A population of 1,519,166, a 66% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $70,815 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Dothan and Tyler-Longview (Lufkin & Nacogdoches).

Political twins — media markets

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

Dothan
Alabama
91.1twin score
2000–2012 trajectory≠ % Evangelical
Tyler-Longview (Lufkin & Nacogdoches)
Texas
89.6twin score
2000–2008 trajectory% Evangelical≠ American ancestry
Birmingham (Anniston and Tuscaloosa)
Alabama
86.6twin score
2004–2016 trajectory

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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Frequently asked questions

How did Mobile-Pensacola (Fort Walton Beach), Alabama vote in 2024?
In 2024, Mobile-Pensacola (Fort Walton Beach), Alabama voted Republican by 34.7 points (R+34.7), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 743,100 votes cast, 238,608 went Democratic and 496,176 went Republican.
When did Mobile-Pensacola (Fort Walton Beach), Alabama last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Mobile-Pensacola (Fort Walton Beach), Alabama voted Democratic was 1960.
How many people live in Mobile-Pensacola (Fort Walton Beach), Alabama?
Mobile-Pensacola (Fort Walton Beach), Alabama has a population of 1,519,166 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Mobile-Pensacola (Fort Walton Beach), Alabama?
Median household income in Mobile-Pensacola (Fort Walton Beach), Alabama is $70,815 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Mobile-Pensacola (Fort Walton Beach), Alabama?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Mobile-Pensacola (Fort Walton Beach), Alabama from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 16 went Republican.