# United States presidential elections in Florida

Elections in Florida :
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Florida is a state in the South Atlantic region of the United States. Since its admission to the Union in March 1845, it has participated in every United States presidential elections, with the 1848 election being the first. In this election, the Whig Party won Florida's three electoral votes with 57.20% of the vote; this was its only victory in the state.
In the realigning 1860 election, Florida was one of the ten slave states that did not provide ballot access to the Republican nominee, Abraham Lincoln. John C. Breckinridge emerged victorious, winning 62.23% of the vote. Shortly after the 1860 election, Florida seceded from the Union and became a part of the Confederacy. As a result, it did not participate in the 1864 presidential election.
With the end of the Civil War, Florida rejoined the Union and participated in the 1868 presidential election. This was the sole presidential election in Florida not decided by the popular vote; instead, the state legislature chose Ulysses S. Grant.
Florida voted for the Republican nominee in all three presidential elections held during the Reconstruction era. Shortly after, white Democrats regained control of the legislature. In 1885, they created a new constitution, followed by statutes through 1889, that disfranchised most Black people and many poor whites. From the end of the Reconstruction era until the 1952 presidential election, the Republican Party only won Florida once, in 1928. According to historian Herbert J. Doherty, the Republicans' victory in that election was mainly because Al Smith, the Democratic nominee, was a Catholic and opposed to Prohibition, causing many members of the Southern Baptist Convention to switch to the Republican Party. The Republican victory in 1952 has been attributed to the emergence of the Pinellas Republican Party, which attracted many voters.
Since the 1952 presidential election, the Democrats have only won Florida five times: in 1964, 1976, 1996, 2008, and 2012. In 2000, George W. Bush led Al Gore by less than 2,000 votes on election day, but as the recount proceeded, the gap between the two sides continued to narrow. In Bush v. Gore, the Bush campaign filed a lawsuit against Gore in the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that the recounting of votes in certain counties violated the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution. The Supreme Court announced the halt of vote recounting. After a lengthy judicial process, Bush eventually won Florida's electoral votes by a margin of only 537 votes out of almost six million cast (0.009%) and, as a result, became the president-elect. However, the result sparked controversy.
Florida was long a swing state; furthermore, it had been seen as a bellwether in presidential elections since 1928, only voting for the non-winner in 1960, 1992 and 2020. However, with the Republican Party far exceeding its national average in Florida in the 2022 midterm elections, many analysts believe that the state has transitioned from being a Republican-leaning swing state into a reliable red state, with Democratic-leaning trends in Hillsborough County, Orange County, and Osceola County unable to offset Republican gains in Miami-Dade County, Broward County, and Palm Beach County. This proposition was reinforced in 2024, when Republican Donald Trump won the state by 13.1 points, a margin that was 11.6 points greater than the national popular vote.

## Presidential elections
### 1848 to 1856

Presidential elections in Florida from 1848 to 1856 :
| Year | Winner | Winner | Winner | Winner | Runner-up (nationally) | Runner-up (nationally) | Runner-up (nationally) | Runner-up (nationally) | Other candidate | Other candidate | Other candidate | Other candidate | EV | Ref. |
| Year | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | EV | Ref. |
| 1848 | | Zachary Taylor (W)‡ | 4,120 | 57.2% | | Lewis Cass (D) | 3,083 | 42.8% | | Martin Van Buren (FS) | – | – | 3 | |
| 1852 | | Franklin Pierce (D)‡ | 4,318 | 60.03% | | Winfield Scott (W) | 2,875 | 39.97% | | John P. Hale (FS) | – | – | 3 | |
| 1856 | | James Buchanan (D)‡ | 6,358 | 56.81% | | John C. Frémont (R) | – | – | | Millard Fillmore (KN) | 4,833 | 43.19% | 3 | |

### 1860 and 1864

The election of 1860 was a complex realigning election in which the breakdown of the previous two-party alignment culminated in four parties each competing for influence in different parts of the country. The result of the election, with the victory of an ardent opponent of slavery, spurred the secession of eleven states and brought about the American Civil War.
1860 Presidential election in Florida :
| Year | Winner | Winner | Winner | Runner-up | Runner-up | Runner-up | Runner-up | Runner-up | Runner-up | Runner-up | Runner-up | Runner-up | EV | Ref. |
| Year | Candidate | Candidate | Votes (%) | Candidate | Candidate | Votes (%) | Candidate | Candidate | Votes (%) | Candidate | Candidate | Votes (%) | EV | Ref. |
| 1860 | | John C. Breckinridge (SD) | 8,277 (62.23%) | | John Bell (CU) | 4,801 (36.1%) | | Stephen A. Douglas (D) | 223 (1.68%) | | Abraham Lincoln (R)‡ | – | 4 | |
| 1864 | Election was not conducted in Florida as it seceded from the Union to join the Confederacy | Election was not conducted in Florida as it seceded from the Union to join the Confederacy | Election was not conducted in Florida as it seceded from the Union to join the Confederacy | Election was not conducted in Florida as it seceded from the Union to join the Confederacy | Election was not conducted in Florida as it seceded from the Union to join the Confederacy | Election was not conducted in Florida as it seceded from the Union to join the Confederacy | Election was not conducted in Florida as it seceded from the Union to join the Confederacy | Election was not conducted in Florida as it seceded from the Union to join the Confederacy | Election was not conducted in Florida as it seceded from the Union to join the Confederacy | Election was not conducted in Florida as it seceded from the Union to join the Confederacy | Election was not conducted in Florida as it seceded from the Union to join the Confederacy | Election was not conducted in Florida as it seceded from the Union to join the Confederacy | Election was not conducted in Florida as it seceded from the Union to join the Confederacy | |

### 1868 to present

Presidential elections in Florida from 1864 to present :
| Year | Winner | Winner | Winner | Winner | Runner-up | Runner-up | Runner-up | Runner-up | Other candidate | Other candidate | Other candidate | Other candidate | EV | Ref. |
| Year | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | EV | Ref. |
| 1868 | | Ulysses S. Grant (R)‡ | – | – | | Horatio Seymour (D) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | |
| 1872 | | Ulysses S. Grant (R)‡ | 17,763 | 53.52% | | Horace Greeley (LR) | 15,427 | 46.48% | – | – | – | – | 4 | |
| 1876 | | Rutherford B. Hayes (R)‡ | 23,849 | 50.99% | | Samuel J. Tilden (D) | 22,927 | 49.01% | – | – | – | – | 4 | |
| 1880 | | Winfield S. Hancock (D) | 27,964 | 54.17% | | James A. Garfield (R)‡ | 23,654 | 45.83% | – | – | – | – | 4 | |
| 1884 | | Grover Cleveland (D)‡ | 31,769 | 52.96% | | James G. Blaine (R) | 28,031 | 46.73% | | John St. John (PRO) | 72 | 0.12% | 4 | |
| 1888 | | Grover Cleveland (D) | 39,557 | 59.48% | | Benjamin Harrison (R)‡ | 26,529 | 39.89% | | Clinton Fisk (PRO) | 414 | 0.62% | 4 | |
| 1892 | | Grover Cleveland (D)‡ | 30,153 | 85.01% | | James B. Weaver (PO) | 4,843 | 13.65% | | John Bidwell (PRO) | 475 | 1.34% | 4 | |
| 1896 | | William Jennings Bryan (D) | 32,756 | 70.46% | | William McKinley (R)‡ | 11,298 | 24.3% | | John M. Palmer (ND) | 1778 | 3.82% | 4 | |
| 1900 | | William Jennings Bryan (D) | 28,273 | 71.31% | | William McKinley (R)‡ | 7,355 | 18.55% | | John G. Woolley (PRO) | 2,244 | 5.66% | 4 | |
| 1904 | | Alton B. Parker (D) | 27,046 | 68.82% | | Theodore Roosevelt (R)‡ | 8,314 | 21.15% | | Eugene V. Debs (S) | 2,337 | 5.95% | 5 | |
| 1908 | | William Jennings Bryan (D) | 31,104 | 63.01% | | William Howard Taft (R)‡ | 10,654 | 21.58% | | Eugene V. Debs (S) | 3,747 | 7.59% | 5 | |
| 1912 | | Woodrow Wilson (D)‡ | 35,343 | 69.52% | | Eugene V. Debs (S) | 4,806 | 9.45% | | Theodore Roosevelt (PR-1912) | 4,555 | 8.96% | 6 | |
| 1916 | | Woodrow Wilson (D)‡ | 55,984 | 69.34% | | Charles Evans Hughes (R) | 14,611 | 18.1% | | Allan L. Benson (S) | 5,353 | 6.63% | 6 | |
| 1920 | | James M. Cox (D) | 90,515 | 62.13% | | Warren Harding (R)‡ | 44,853 | 30.79% | | Eugene V. Debs (S) | 5,189 | 3.56% | 6 | |
| 1924 | | John W. Davis (D) | 62,083 | 56.88% | | Calvin Coolidge (R)‡ | 30,633 | 28.06% | | Robert M. La Follette (PR-1924) | 8,625 | 7.9% | 6 | |
| 1928 | | Herbert Hoover (R)‡ | 144,168 | 56.83% | | Al Smith (D) | 101,764 | 40.12% | | Norman Thomas (S) | 4,036 | 1.59% | 6 | |
| 1932 | | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)‡ | 206,307 | 74.49% | | Herbert Hoover (R) | 69,170 | 24.98% | | Norman Thomas (S) | 775 | 0.28% | 7 | |
| 1936 | | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)‡ | 249,117 | 76.08% | | Alfred Landon (R) | 78,248 | 23.9% | | Norman Thomas (S) | 9 | ≈0% | 7 | |
| 1940 | | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)‡ | 359,334 | 73.99% | | Wendell Willkie (R) | 126,158 | 25.98% | Various candidates (Write-ins) | Various candidates (Write-ins) | 148 | 0.03% | 7 | |
| 1944 | | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)‡ | 339,377 | 70.29% | | Thomas Dewey (R) | 143,215 | 29.66% | Various candidates (Write-ins) | Various candidates (Write-ins) | 211 | 0.04% | 8 | |
| 1948 | | Harry Truman (D)‡ | 281,988 | 48.82% | | Thomas Dewey (R) | 194,280 | 33.63% | | Strom Thurmond (DI) | 89,755 | 15.54% | 8 | |
| 1952 | | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)‡ | 544,036 | 54.99% | | Adlai Stevenson II (D) | 444,950 | 44.97% | Various candidates (Write-ins) | Various candidates (Write-ins) | 351 | 0.04% | 10 | |
| 1956 | | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)‡ | 643,849 | 57.19% | | Adlai Stevenson II (D) | 480,371 | 42.67% | Various candidates (Write-ins) | Various candidates (Write-ins) | 1,542 | 0.14% | 10 | |
| 1960 | | Richard Nixon (R) | 795,476 | 51.51% | | John F. Kennedy (D)‡ | 748,700 | 48.49% | – | – | – | – | 10 | |
| 1964 | | Lyndon B. Johnson (D)‡ | 948,540 | 51.14% | | Barry Goldwater (R) | 905,941 | 48.84% | – | – | – | – | 14 | |
| 1968 | | Richard Nixon (R)‡ | 886,804 | 40.53% | | Hubert Humphrey (D) | 676,794 | 30.93% | | George Wallace (AI) | 624,207 | 28.53% | 14 | |
| 1972 | | Richard Nixon (R)‡ | 1,857,759 | 71.91% | | George McGovern (D) | 718,117 | 27.8% | Various candidates (Write-ins) | Various candidates (Write-ins) | 7,407 | 0.29% | 17 | |
| 1976 | | Jimmy Carter (D)‡ | 1,636,000 | 51.93% | | Gerald Ford (R) | 1,469,531 | 46.64% | | Eugene McCarthy (I) | 23,643 | 0.75% | 17 | |
| 1980 | | Ronald Reagan (R)‡ | 2,046,951 | 55.52% | | Jimmy Carter (D) | 1,419,475 | 38.5% | | John B. Anderson (I) | 189,692 | 5.14% | 17 | |
| 1984 | | Ronald Reagan (R)‡ | 2,730,350 | 65.32% | | Walter Mondale (D) | 1,448,816 | 34.66% | | David Bergland (LI) | 754 | 0.02% | 21 | |
| 1988 | | George H. W. Bush (R)‡ | 2,618,885 | 60.87% | | Michael Dukakis (D) | 1,656,701 | 38.51% | | Ron Paul (LI) | 19,796 | 0.46% | 21 | |
| 1992 | | George H. W. Bush (R) | 2,173,310 | 40.89% | | Bill Clinton (D)‡ | 2,072,698 | 39% | | Ross Perot (I) | 1,053,067 | 19.82% | 25 | |
| 1996 | | Bill Clinton (D)‡ | 2,546,870 | 48.02% | | Bob Dole (R) | 2,173,310 | 42.32% | | Ross Perot (RE) | 483,870 | 9.12% | 25 | |
| 2000 | | George W. Bush (R)‡ | 2,912,790 | 48.85% | | Al Gore (D) | 2,912,253 | 48.84% | | Ralph Nader (G) | 97,488 | 1.63% | 25 | |
| 2004 | | George W. Bush (R)‡ | 3,964,522 | 52.1% | | John Kerry (D) | 3,583,544 | 47.09% | | Ralph Nader (RE) | 32,971 | 0.43% | 27 | |
| 2008 | | Barack Obama (D)‡ | 4,282,074 | 50.91% | | John McCain (R) | 4,045,624 | 48.09% | | Ralph Nader (E) | 28,128 | 0.33% | 27 | |
| 2012 | | Barack Obama (D)‡ | 4,237,756 | 50.01% | | Mitt Romney (R) | 4,163,447 | 49.13% | | Gary Johnson (LI) | 44,726 | 0.53% | 29 | |
| 2016 | | Donald Trump (R)‡ | 4,617,886 | 49.02% | | Hillary Clinton (D) | 4,504,975 | 47.82% | | Gary Johnson (LI) | 207,043 | 2.2% | 29 | |
| 2020 | | Donald Trump (R) | 5,668,731 | 51.22% | | Joe Biden (D)‡ | 5,297,045 | 47.86% | | Jo Jorgensen (LI) | 70,324 | 0.64% | 29 | |
| 2024 | | Donald Trump (R) ‡ | 6,110,125 | 56.09% | | Kamala Harris (D) | 4,683,038 | 42.99% | | Jill Stein (G) | 43,155 | 0.4% | 30 | |

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