Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL, Florida: Old Confederacy metro. In 2024, voted R+23%. Democratic peak: D+85 in 1892.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+23MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
- Population
- 706,1502024 5-year
- Median household income
- $71,3552024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 71.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 10.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 15.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+85 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+42 in 1972MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL, FLOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 148,492 | 238,664 | 390,350 | ||
| R | 158,736 | 216,864 | 379,155 | ||
| R | 131,117 | 176,857 | 318,372 | ||
| R | 137,955 | 144,459 | 285,131 | ||
| D | 152,521 | 137,889 | 292,855 | ||
| D | 134,097 | 131,557 | 267,419 | ||
| D | 111,210 | 94,986 | 210,790 | ||
| D | 88,504 | 71,325 | 180,237 | ||
| D | 71,916 | 65,418 | 171,854 | ||
| R | 59,713 | 80,699 | 141,964 | ||
| R | 46,820 | 73,271 | 120,105 | ||
| R | 47,016 | 55,558 | 107,482 | ||
| D | 51,247 | 38,785 | 91,598 | ||
| R | 22,130 | 54,065 | 76,485 | ||
| R | 25,588 | 28,384 | 71,998 | ||
| D | 35,841 | 25,706 | 61,547 | ||
| R | 24,310 | 28,793 | 53,103 | ||
| R | 15,179 | 25,601 | 40,780 | ||
| R | 12,396 | 20,327 | 32,723 | ||
| D | 9,355 | 7,918 | 20,326 | ||
| D | 8,634 | 6,275 | 14,909 | ||
| D | 10,577 | 6,645 | 17,222 | ||
| D | 8,431 | 5,040 | 13,471 | ||
| D | 7,861 | 4,519 | 12,380 | ||
| R | 3,262 | 6,973 | 10,367 | ||
| D | 2,244 | 1,706 | 4,367 | ||
| D | 2,969 | 2,249 | 5,640 | ||
| D | 1,541 | 886 | 2,652 | ||
| D | 942 | 162 | 1,396 | ||
| D | 736 | 444 | 1,265 | ||
| D | 654 | 263 | 1,050 | ||
| D | 755 | 255 | 1,123 | ||
| D | 753 | 635 | 1,466 | ||
| D | 785 | 0 | 922 | ||
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| D | 878 | 813 | 1,691 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
10.8%
Irish
10.8%
English
10.1%
Italian
7.6%
American
5.7%
Polish
2.9%
French
1.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 47.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$71,355
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL ranks near the middle of US counties.
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$71,355
Florida$74,568
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
11.5%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1816.3%
Working age (18–64)10.7%
Seniors (65+)9.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
84.3%
speak English only
Spanish10.5%
Other Indo-European3.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.2%
Other languages0.7%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 59.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Volusia County anchors this metro, where rapid in-migration from Puerto Rico and the Northeast has gradually shifted a historically Republican-leaning region toward true swing status over the past decade.
The shift began with civil rights. 2012 marked the realignment in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL, by a two points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at forty-two points in 1972. The 2024 margin was twenty-three points.
The political shift has tracked, in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 72% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $71,355, and a 12% poverty rate describe the demographic context.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL, Florida vote in 2024?
In 2024, Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL, Florida voted Republican by 23.1 points (R+23), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 390,350 votes cast, 148,492 went Democratic and 238,664 went Republican.
What is Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL, Florida's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL, Florida as a "Old Confederacy" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 22 times, Republican 13 times, and other 0 times.
When did Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL, Florida last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL, Florida voted Democratic was 2008.
How many people live in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL, Florida?
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL, Florida has a population of 706,150 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL, Florida?
Median household income in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL, Florida is $71,355 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL, Florida?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL, Florida from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 22 went Democratic and 13 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.