United States presidential elections in Florida

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Florida, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1845, Florida has participated in every U.S. presidential election except the election of 1864, during the American Civil War, when the state had seceded to join the Confederacy. Florida has backed the winning candidate from 1996 to 2016, the longest active streak of any state except Ohio, and has only backed the losing candidate three times since 1928.

Presidential elections in Florida

No. of elections	43
Voted Democratic	25
Voted Republican	17
Voted Whig	1
Voted other	0
Voted for winning candidate	31
Voted for losing candidate	12

Winners of the state are in bold. The shading refers to the state winner.

Elections from 1864 to present

Year	Winner (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Runner-up (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Other national candidates[lower-alpha 1]	Votes	Percent	Electoral Votes	Notes
2020[1]	Joe Biden	5,295,138	47.86	Donald Trump	5,667,716	51.23	—			29
2016[2]	Donald Trump[lower-alpha 2]	4,617,886	48.60	Hillary Clinton	4,504,975	47.41	Gary Johnson	206,007	2.2[3]	29
2012[4]	Barack Obama	4,237,756	50.01	Mitt Romney	4,163,447	49.13	—			29
2008[5]	Barack Obama	4,282,074	51.03	John McCain	4,045,624	48.22	—			27
2004[6]	George W. Bush	3,964,522	52.10	John Kerry	3,583,544	47.09	—			27
2000[7]	George W. Bush[lower-alpha 2]	2,912,790	48.85	Al Gore	2,912,253	48.84	—			25
1996[8]	Bill Clinton	2,546,870	48.02	Bob Dole	2,244,536	42.32	Ross Perot	483,870	9.12	25
1992	Bill Clinton	2,072,698	39.00	George H. W. Bush	2,173,310	40.89	Ross Perot	1,053,067	19.82	25
1988	George H. W. Bush	2,618,885	60.87	Michael Dukakis	1,656,701	38.51	—			21
1984	Ronald Reagan	2,730,350	65.32	Walter Mondale	1,448,816	34.66	—			21
1980	Ronald Reagan	2,046,951	55.52	Jimmy Carter	1,419,475	38.50	John B. Anderson	189,692	5.14	17
1976	Jimmy Carter	1,636,000	51.93	Gerald Ford	1,469,531	46.64	—			17
1972	Richard Nixon	1,857,759	71.91	George McGovern	718,117	27.80	—			17
1968	Richard Nixon	886,804	40.53	Hubert Humphrey	676,794	30.93	George Wallace	624,207	28.53	14
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson	948,540	51.15	Barry Goldwater	905,941	48.85	—			14
1960	John F. Kennedy	748,700	48.49	Richard Nixon	795,476	51.51	—			10
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower	643,849	57.27	Adlai Stevenson II	480,371	42.73	T. Coleman Andrews/ Unpledged Electors[lower-alpha 3]	—	—	10
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower	544,036	54.99	Adlai Stevenson II	444,950	44.97	—			10
1948	Harry S. Truman	281,988	48.82	Thomas E. Dewey	194,280	33.63	Strom Thurmond	89,755	15.54	8
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt	339,377	70.32	Thomas E. Dewey	143,215	29.68	—			8
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt	359,334	74.01	Wendell Willkie	126,158	25.99	—			7
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt	249,117	76.10	Alf Landon	78,248	23.90	—			7
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	206,307	74.68	Herbert Hoover	69,170	25.04	—			7
1928	Herbert Hoover	144,168	56.83	Al Smith	101,764	40.12	—			6
1924	Calvin Coolidge	30,633	28.06	John W. Davis	62,083	56.88	Robert M. La Follette	8,625	7.90	6
1920	Warren G. Harding	44,853	30.79	James M. Cox	90,515	62.13	Parley P. Christensen	—	—	6
1916	Woodrow Wilson	55,984	69.34	Charles E. Hughes	14,611	18.10	—			6
1912	Woodrow Wilson	35,343	69.52	Theodore Roosevelt	4,555	8.96	William H. Taft	4,279	8.42	6
1908	William H. Taft	10,654	21.58	William Jennings Bryan	31,104	63.01	—			5
1904	Theodore Roosevelt	8,314	21.48	Alton B. Parker	26,449	68.33	—			5
1900	William McKinley	7,355	18.55	William Jennings Bryan	28,273	71.31	—			4
1896	William McKinley	11,298	24.30	William Jennings Bryan	32,756	70.46	—			4
1892	Grover Cleveland	30,153	85.01	Benjamin Harrison	no ballots		James B. Weaver	4,843	13.65	4
1888	Benjamin Harrison[lower-alpha 2]	26,529	39.89	Grover Cleveland	39,557	59.48	—			4
1884	Grover Cleveland	31,769	52.96	James G. Blaine	28,031	46.73	—			4
1880	James A. Garfield	23,654	45.83	Winfield S. Hancock	27,964	54.17	James B. Weaver	—	—	4
1876[9]	Rutherford B. Hayes[lower-alpha 2]	23,849	50.99	Samuel J. Tilden	22,927	49.01	—			4
1872	Ulysses S. Grant	17,763	53.52	Horace Greeley	15,427	46.48	—			4
1868	Ulysses S. Grant	n/a	n/a	Horatio Seymour	n/a	n/a	—	n/a	n/a	3	Allocated by state legislature.[lower-alpha 4]
1864	Abraham Lincoln	No vote due to secession.		George B. McClellan	No vote due to secession.	—	—

Election of 1860

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 election of Abraham Lincoln, an ardent opponent of slavery, spurred the secession of eleven states and brought about the American Civil War.

Year	Winner (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Runner-up (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Runner-up (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Runner-up (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Electoral Votes
1860	Abraham Lincoln	no ballots		Stephen A. Douglas	223	1.7	John C. Breckinridge	8,277	62.2	John Bell	4,801	36.1	3

Elections prior to 1860

Year	Winner (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Runner-up (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Other national candidates[lower-alpha 1]	Votes	Percent	Electoral Votes	Notes
1856	James Buchanan	6,358	56.81	John C. Frémont	no ballots		Millard Fillmore	4,833	43.19	3
1852	Franklin Pierce	4,318	60.03	Winfield Scott	2,875	39.97	John P. Hale	no ballots		3
1848	Zachary Taylor	4,120	57.2	Lewis Cass	3,083	42.8	Martin Van Buren	no ballots		3

References

1. "Presidential Election Results: Biden Wins". The New York Times. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
2. 2016 official Federal Election Commission report.
3. https://www.politico.com/2016-election/results/map/president/florida/
4. 2012 official Federal Election Commission report.
5. 2008 official Federal Election Commission report.
6. "Federal Elections 2004: Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives" (PDF). Federal Elections Commission. May 2005.
7. "2000 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
8. "1996 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
9. Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 1876 Presidential General Election Results – Florida

Notes

1. For purposes of these lists, other national candidates are defined as those who won at least one electoral vote, or won at least ten percent of the vote in multiple states.
2. Won the electoral college while losing the popular vote
3. Was allied with a slate of unpledged electors in Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina
4. Due to the status of Reconstruction, no election was held; three electoral votes were allocated by the Florida State Legislature to Ulysses S. Grant.

See also

• Elections in Florida