† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
85 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupEl Norte
German9.1%
English7.5%
Irish6.7%
American3.3%
Italian3.2%
French1.4%
Polish1.4%
Scottish1.3%
Mexican41.7%
Spanish0.8%
Spaniard0.8%
Puerto Rican0.8%
Cuban0.3%
Guatemalan0.3%
Salvadoran0.3%
Colombian0.2%
Navajo0.3%
Aztec0.2%
Filipino1.4%
Chinese0.8%
Asian Indian0.8%
Vietnamese0.5%
Korean0.3%
Japanese0.2%
African0.3%
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
Measure
El Norte
Median age
36.9
Age 18–24
10.0%
Age 65 and older
16.2%
Household economy
Measure
El Norte
Median household income
$81,627
Poverty rate
14.2%
Languages at home
Measure
El Norte
Speaks a non-English language at home
38.4%
Spanish
32.3%
Other Indo-European
1.1%
Religious landscape
County context
Measure
El Norte
Catholic
29.3%
Evangelical Protestant
11.3%
Unclaimed / not counted
50.1%
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.
El Norte, United States
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−22.1%
1896
+32.5%
1900
−6.9%
1904
−25.9%
1908
−21.6%
1912
+26.0%
1916
+12.0%
1920
−14.7%
1924
−7.8%
1928
−16.9%
1932
+36.0%
1936
+36.2%
1940
+21.7%
1944
+15.6%
1948
+10.7%
1952
−16.5%
1956
−18.8%
1960
−1.8%
1964
+14.4%
1968
−7.7%
1972
−24.3%
1976
−4.5%
1980
−21.5%
1984
−25.4%
1988
−12.2%
1992
+3.5%
1996
+5.6%
2000
−2.1%
2004
−5.4%
2008
+6.6%
2012
+4.8%
2016
+11.6%
2020
+12.5%
2024
+4.8%
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.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
51.5%Harris4,023,075
46.7%Trump3,647,526
1.7%
D+4.8
R+7.7
D+6.3
7,806,599
D
55.3%Biden4,447,776
42.8%Trump3,441,818
2.0%
D+12.5
D+0.9
D+8.0
8,047,791
D
52.1%Clinton3,360,891
40.5%Trump2,612,331
7.4%
D+11.6
D+6.8
D+9.5
6,451,552
D
51.2%Obama2,963,379
46.4%Romney2,685,074
2.4%
D+4.8
R+1.8
D+1.0
5,785,058
D
52.6%Obama3,103,372
46.0%McCain2,714,668
1.5%
D+6.6
D+11.9
R+0.7
5,905,105
R
46.8%Kerry2,507,664
52.2%Bush2,794,201
1.0%
R+5.4
R+3.2
R+2.9
5,355,397
R
46.9%Gore2,069,042
49.0%Bush2,162,020
4.1%
R+2.1
R+7.8
R+2.6
4,410,292
D
48.4%Clinton1,945,974
42.8%Dole1,719,168
8.8%
D+5.6
D+2.1
R+2.9
4,018,183
D
40.5%Clinton1,755,593
37.0%Bush1,601,979
22.5%
D+3.5
D+15.7
R+2.0
4,329,898
R
43.3%Dukakis1,624,908
55.5%Bush2,082,372
1.1%
R+12.2
D+13.2
R+4.5
3,749,370
R
36.9%Mondale1,271,001
62.2%Reagan2,145,447
0.9%
R+25.4
R+3.9
R+7.1
3,447,174
R
34.6%Carter1,060,733
56.1%Reagan1,719,267
9.3%
R+21.5
R+17.0
R+11.8
3,063,874
R
46.6%Carter1,256,338
51.1%Ford1,377,320
2.3%
R+4.5
D+19.8
R+6.6
2,696,812
R
36.0%McGovern884,862
60.3%Nixon1,483,027
3.8%
R+24.3
R+16.6
R+1.2
2,461,140
R
42.0%Humphrey822,972
49.7%Nixon974,057
8.4%
R+7.7
R+22.1
R+7.0
1,961,130
D
57.1%Johnson1,043,449
42.7%Goldwater780,624
0.2%
D+14.4
D+16.2
R+8.2
1,827,132
R
49.0%Kennedy787,066
50.7%Nixon815,654
0.3%
R+1.8
D+17.0
R+1.9
1,607,554
R
40.4%Stevenson504,367
59.2%Eisenhower739,412
0.4%
R+18.8
R+2.3
R+3.4
1,248,521
R
41.6%Stevenson492,697
58.1%Eisenhower687,908
0.3%
R+16.5
R+27.2
R+5.7
1,184,388
D
54.0%Truman446,016
43.2%Dewey357,221
2.8%
D+10.7
R+4.9
D+6.3
826,542
D
56.9%Roosevelt387,869
41.3%Dewey281,383
1.9%
D+15.6
R+6.1
D+8.1
681,882
D
60.6%Roosevelt409,486
38.9%Willkie262,690
0.6%
D+21.7
R+14.5
D+11.8
675,903
D
67.4%Roosevelt385,540
31.2%Landon178,414
1.4%
D+36.2
D+0.2
D+12.0
571,832
D
66.9%Roosevelt354,718
30.9%Hoover163,674
2.2%
D+36.0
D+52.9
D+18.2
530,195
R
41.3%Smith169,084
58.2%Hoover238,308
0.5%
R+16.9
R+9.1
D+0.6
409,357
R
36.8%Davis122,874
44.6%Coolidge148,926
18.7%
R+7.8
D+6.9
D+17.4
334,164
R
40.5%Cox108,568
55.3%Harding148,022
4.2%
R+14.7
R+26.7
D+11.5
267,800
D
53.5%Wilson120,113
41.5%Hughes93,194
4.9%
D+12.0
R+14.0
D+8.9
224,331
D
46.9%Wilson74,305
21.0%Taft33,184
32.1%
D+26.0
D+47.6
D+6.4
158,310
R
35.0%Bryan15,919
56.6%Taft25,751
8.4%
R+21.6
D+4.3
R+12.1
45,485
R
33.2%Parker13,239
59.1%Roosevelt23,563
7.6%
R+25.9
R+19.0
R+6.2
39,847
R
45.1%Bryan16,140
52.0%McKinley18,604
3.0%
R+6.9
R+39.4
D+0.7
35,811
D
65.5%Bryan22,947
33.0%McKinley11,553
1.6%
D+32.5
D+54.6
D+38.6
35,058
R
22.7%Cleveland5,719
44.8%Harrison11,302
32.5%
R+22.1
—
R+23.8
25,219
El Norte sits in United States. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 36.2 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 25.9 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 7.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 4.8 points.
A population of 18,968,471, a 49% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $81,627 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of The Far West and New France.
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In 2024, El Norte, United States voted Democratic by 4.8 points (D+4.8), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 7,806,599 votes cast, 4,023,075 went Democratic and 3,647,526 went Republican.
When did El Norte, United States last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which El Norte, United States voted Republican was 2004.
How many people live in El Norte, United States?
El Norte, United States has a population of 18,968,471 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in El Norte, United States?
Median household income in El Norte, United States is $81,627 — above the national median of $80,734. The United States state median is $64,059.
What is the political history of El Norte, United States?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in El Norte, United States from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 18 went Republican.