United States Presidential election7 Nov 2028in 729 days Senate D 97% House D 58% Calendar Track record Research
PollingForecast.com United States
Closest results
United States · Election results history · 1956 governors · Florida
Election 1956 Results

Each election opens in its own mode: the forecast before the votes are counted, the live count while races are still too close to call, and the results once every race is decided.

1956 Florida governor election

LeRoy Collins (Democrat) beat William A. Washburne Jr. (Republican) in Florida in 1956, 73.7% to 26.3%, a margin of 47.4 points and 480,773 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1954, when LeRoy Collins also won.

Democrats led in 67 of the 67 counties as they stood then. The largest, Dade, cast 210,336 votes and went to the Democrat by 50.2 points. The closest was Glades, where 381 votes separated the two parties.

United States
Results
2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 1952 1951 1950 1949 1948 1947 1946 1945 1944 1943 1942 1941 1940 1939 1938 1937 1936 1935 1934 1933 1932 1931 1930 1929 1928 1927 1926 1925 1924 1923 1922 1921 1920 1919 1918 1917 1916 1915 1914 1913 1912 1911 1910 1909 1908 1907 1906 1905 1904 1903 1902 1901 1900 1899 1898 1897 1896 1895 1894 1893 1892 1891 1890 1889 1888 1887 1886 1885 1884 1883 1882 1881 1880 1879 1878 1877 1876 1875 1874 1873 1872 1871 1870 1869 1868 1867 1866 1865
If only voted How this works
If the polls miss like

Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
LeRoy Collins won Democratic 747,753 73.7%
William A. Washburne Jr. Republican 266,980 26.3%
Total1,014,733

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Dade 157,996 75.1% 52,340 24.9% 210,336 D+50.2
Pinellas 60,186 61.2% 38,108 38.8% 98,294 D+22.5
Duval 73,453 78.6% 20,021 21.4% 93,474 D+57.2
Hillsborough 59,055 80.3% 14,445 19.7% 73,500 D+60.7
Broward 39,349 68.7% 17,911 31.3% 57,260 D+37.4
Orange 29,300 61.7% 18,163 38.3% 47,463 D+23.5
Palm Beach 29,489 64.1% 16,496 35.9% 45,985 D+28.3
Volusia 22,989 62.6% 13,710 37.4% 36,699 D+25.3
Polk 28,660 78.5% 7,847 21.5% 36,507 D+57.0
Escambia 29,019 91.1% 2,851 8.9% 31,870 D+82.1
Sarasota 11,860 64.7% 6,471 35.3% 18,331 D+29.4
Manatee 11,409 68.6% 5,227 31.4% 16,636 D+37.2
Lake 8,945 64.8% 4,855 35.2% 13,800 D+29.6
Leon 11,372 87.7% 1,596 12.3% 12,968 D+75.4
Alachua 10,365 80.0% 2,596 20.0% 12,961 D+59.9
Brevard 8,755 68.7% 3,990 31.3% 12,745 D+37.4
Bay 10,830 88.1% 1,464 11.9% 12,294 D+76.2
Lee 8,588 74.7% 2,906 25.3% 11,494 D+49.4
Marion 7,743 73.8% 2,750 26.2% 10,493 D+47.6
Pasco 6,314 71.9% 2,468 28.1% 8,782 D+43.8
Okaloosa 7,110 90.9% 711 9.1% 7,821 D+81.8
St. Johns 6,102 79.0% 1,625 21.0% 7,727 D+57.9
St. Lucie 5,017 66.2% 2,566 33.8% 7,583 D+32.3
Seminole 5,515 73.2% 2,024 26.8% 7,539 D+46.3
Putnam 5,196 74.9% 1,742 25.1% 6,938 D+49.8
Jackson 6,008 90.3% 647 9.7% 6,655 D+80.6
Monroe 4,954 80.1% 1,228 19.9% 6,182 D+60.3
Indian River 4,006 72.8% 1,500 27.2% 5,506 D+45.5
Santa Rosa 4,900 89.5% 574 10.5% 5,474 D+79.0
Osceola 3,114 61.3% 1,966 38.7% 5,080 D+22.6
Highlands 3,765 74.1% 1,313 25.9% 5,078 D+48.3
Columbia 3,244 77.4% 947 22.6% 4,191 D+54.8
Martin 2,865 71.4% 1,145 28.6% 4,010 D+42.9
Walton 3,389 84.9% 603 15.1% 3,992 D+69.8
Nassau 3,211 84.9% 573 15.1% 3,784 D+69.7
Suwannee 2,833 79.1% 747 20.9% 3,580 D+58.3
Clay 2,553 73.9% 901 26.1% 3,454 D+47.8
Gadsden 3,049 90.9% 305 9.1% 3,354 D+81.8
Hardee 2,529 80.3% 619 19.7% 3,148 D+60.7
Sumter 2,301 78.3% 637 21.7% 2,938 D+56.6
Bradford 2,287 78.0% 645 22.0% 2,932 D+56.0
Collier 2,347 80.8% 557 19.2% 2,904 D+61.6
Citrus 2,209 78.1% 618 21.9% 2,827 D+56.3
Holmes 2,249 82.0% 495 18.0% 2,744 D+63.9
Washington 2,304 87.3% 334 12.7% 2,638 D+74.7
Hernando 1,848 74.4% 637 25.6% 2,485 D+48.7
Madison 2,006 84.4% 372 15.6% 2,378 D+68.7
Taylor 1,959 84.2% 367 15.8% 2,326 D+68.4
De Soto 1,900 83.0% 388 17.0% 2,288 D+66.1
Levy 1,805 80.3% 443 19.7% 2,248 D+60.6
Charlotte 1,690 76.9% 507 23.1% 2,197 D+53.8
Gulf 2,031 93.1% 151 6.9% 2,182 D+86.2
Hendry 1,583 82.7% 332 17.3% 1,915 D+65.3
Calhoun 1,636 88.9% 205 11.1% 1,841 D+77.7
Hamilton 1,279 83.6% 250 16.4% 1,529 D+67.3
Baker 1,272 84.6% 232 15.4% 1,504 D+69.1
Jefferson 1,230 82.5% 261 17.5% 1,491 D+65.0
Franklin 1,209 89.4% 143 10.6% 1,352 D+78.8
Okeechobee 1,133 89.8% 129 10.2% 1,262 D+79.6
Wakulla 1,055 83.9% 202 16.1% 1,257 D+67.9
Flagler 922 79.8% 234 20.2% 1,156 D+59.5
Dixie 841 81.1% 196 18.9% 1,037 D+62.2
Lafayette 878 86.8% 133 13.2% 1,011 D+73.7
Liberty 728 76.6% 223 23.4% 951 D+53.1
Union 771 83.3% 155 16.7% 926 D+66.5
Gilchrist 771 89.3% 92 10.7% 863 D+78.7
Glades 472 83.8% 91 16.2% 563 D+67.7

Counties as they stood in 1956; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Florida governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Ron DeSantis (R) R+19.3
2018 Ron Desantis (R) R+0.4
2014 Rick Scott (R) R+1.1
2010 Rick Scott (R) R+1.1
2006 Charlie Crist (R) R+7.1
2002 Jeb Bush (R) R+12.8
1998 Jeb Bush (R) R+10.5
1994 Lawton Chiles (D) D+1.5
1990 Lawton Chiles (D) D+13.0
1986 Bob Martinez (R) R+9.1
1982 Bob Graham (D) D+29.4
1978 Bob Graham (D) D+11.2
1974 Reubin Askew (D) D+22.4
1970 Reubin Askew (D) D+13.8
1966 Claude Roy Kirk (R) R+10.3
1964 Haydon Burns (D) D+14.9
1960 Farris Bryant (D) D+19.7
1956 LeRoy Collins (D) D+47.4
1954 LeRoy Collins (D) D+60.9
1952 Daniel T. McCarty (D) D+49.7
1948 Fuller Warren (D) D+66.7
1944 Millard F. Caldwell (D) D+57.9
1940 Spessard Holland (D) D+100.0
1936 Fred P. Cone (D) D+61.8
1932 David Sholtz (D) D+33.2
1928 Doyle E. Carlton (D) D+21.9
1924 John W. Martin (D) D+65.6
1920 Cary A. Hardee (D) D+60.0
1916 Sidney J. Catts (other)
1912 Park Trammell (D) D+75.0
1908 Albert W. Gilchrist (D) D+63.4
1904 Napoleon B. Broward (D) D+61.8
1900 William Sherman Jennings (D) D+63.7
1896 William D. Bloxham (D) D+46.2
1892 Henry L. Mitchell (D) D+78.7
1888 Francis P. Fleming (D) D+20.7
1884 Edward A. Perry (D) D+7.1
1880 William D. Bloxham (D) D+9.8
1876 George F. Drew (D) D+1.0
1872 Ossian B. Hart (R) R+52.4
1868 Harrison Reed (R) R+27.4
1865 David S. Walker (D) D+100.0