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Election 1978 Results

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1978 Florida governor election

Bob Graham (Democrat) beat Jack M. Eckerd (Republican) in Florida in 1978, 55.6% to 44.4%, a margin of 11.2 points and 282,692 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1974, when Reubin Askew won.

Democrats led in 49 of the 67 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 18. The largest, Dade, cast 389,003 votes and went to the Democrat by 40.3 points. The closest was Suwannee, where 42 votes separated the two parties.

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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
Bob Graham won Democratic 1,406,580 55.6%
Jack M. Eckerd Republican 1,123,888 44.4%
Total2,530,468

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Dade 272,906 70.2% 116,097 29.8% 389,003 D+40.3
Broward 185,612 63.7% 105,957 36.3% 291,569 D+27.3
Pinellas 108,814 43.7% 140,105 56.3% 248,919 R+12.6
Palm Beach 96,427 58.2% 69,389 41.8% 165,816 D+16.3
Hillsborough 77,958 55.6% 62,264 44.4% 140,222 D+11.2
Duval 70,873 52.5% 64,142 47.5% 135,015 D+5.0
Orange 54,356 53.8% 46,633 46.2% 100,989 D+7.6
Brevard 40,527 51.8% 37,744 48.2% 78,271 D+3.6
Polk 33,480 46.3% 38,825 53.7% 72,305 R+7.4
Volusia 38,495 56.4% 29,733 43.6% 68,228 D+12.8
Sarasota 28,103 42.1% 38,601 57.9% 66,704 R+15.7
Lee 28,218 44.6% 35,023 55.4% 63,241 R+10.8
Pasco 25,901 45.2% 31,456 54.8% 57,357 R+9.7
Escambia 28,179 51.1% 27,014 48.9% 55,193 D+2.1
Manatee 19,882 43.5% 25,832 56.5% 45,714 R+13.0
Leon 25,020 64.1% 14,026 35.9% 39,046 D+28.2
Seminole 18,843 50.7% 18,312 49.3% 37,155 D+1.4
Alachua 21,403 66.2% 10,909 33.8% 32,312 D+32.5
Lake 12,156 41.6% 17,042 58.4% 29,198 R+16.7
Marion 13,541 49.8% 13,639 50.2% 27,180 R+0.4
Okaloosa 12,458 49.6% 12,670 50.4% 25,128 R+0.8
Bay 12,063 52.9% 10,728 47.1% 22,791 D+5.9
Collier 8,177 39.2% 12,681 60.8% 20,858 R+21.6
Charlotte 8,742 42.7% 11,738 57.3% 20,480 R+14.6
St. Lucie 10,084 51.7% 9,417 48.3% 19,501 D+3.4
Martin 8,811 47.2% 9,840 52.8% 18,651 R+5.5
Citrus 6,589 41.9% 9,127 58.1% 15,716 R+16.1
Indian River 6,783 44.6% 8,417 55.4% 15,200 R+10.8
Santa Rosa 7,687 52.2% 7,028 47.8% 14,715 D+4.5
Monroe 7,862 55.9% 6,207 44.1% 14,069 D+11.8
Highlands 6,020 44.3% 7,570 55.7% 13,590 R+11.4
Clay 5,980 44.1% 7,581 55.9% 13,561 R+11.8
Hernando 6,388 47.5% 7,065 52.5% 13,453 R+5.0
St. Johns 5,368 44.6% 6,678 55.4% 12,046 R+10.9
Putnam 7,130 60.0% 4,752 40.0% 11,882 D+20.0
Osceola 5,808 50.5% 5,696 49.5% 11,504 D+1.0
Jackson 8,449 83.4% 1,686 16.6% 10,135 D+66.7
Gadsden 5,651 71.8% 2,222 28.2% 7,873 D+43.6
Columbia 3,709 50.4% 3,645 49.6% 7,354 D+0.9
Nassau 3,457 53.6% 2,994 46.4% 6,451 D+7.2
Walton 4,214 67.8% 2,005 32.2% 6,219 D+35.5
Sumter 3,268 57.0% 2,466 43.0% 5,734 D+14.0
Suwannee 2,781 50.4% 2,739 49.6% 5,520 D+0.8
Washington 3,518 73.8% 1,247 26.2% 4,765 D+47.7
Levy 2,828 60.3% 1,860 39.7% 4,688 D+20.6
Bradford 2,928 63.6% 1,678 36.4% 4,606 D+27.1
Holmes 3,206 75.9% 1,019 24.1% 4,225 D+51.8
Taylor 2,484 62.6% 1,484 37.4% 3,968 D+25.2
De Soto 2,093 53.8% 1,797 46.2% 3,890 D+7.6
Hardee 2,177 56.1% 1,704 43.9% 3,881 D+12.2
Madison 2,477 65.9% 1,281 34.1% 3,758 D+31.8
Gulf 2,370 64.5% 1,302 35.5% 3,672 D+29.1
Wakulla 2,065 58.9% 1,438 41.1% 3,503 D+17.9
Okeechobee 2,349 68.6% 1,077 31.4% 3,426 D+37.1
Hendry 1,957 58.4% 1,394 41.6% 3,351 D+16.8
Flagler 1,994 60.2% 1,321 39.8% 3,315 D+20.3
Baker 2,012 63.3% 1,167 36.7% 3,179 D+26.6
Calhoun 2,126 72.8% 796 27.2% 2,922 D+45.5
Jefferson 1,803 64.9% 977 35.1% 2,780 D+29.7
Dixie 1,702 72.1% 657 27.9% 2,359 D+44.3
Franklin 1,486 65.8% 774 34.2% 2,260 D+31.5
Hamilton 1,243 61.5% 777 38.5% 2,020 D+23.1
Gilchrist 1,260 68.7% 573 31.3% 1,833 D+37.5
Union 1,243 70.2% 528 29.8% 1,771 D+40.4
Glades 1,117 72.6% 421 27.4% 1,538 D+45.3
Liberty 999 68.3% 463 31.7% 1,462 D+36.7
Lafayette 970 67.9% 458 32.1% 1,428 D+35.9

Counties as they stood in 1978; 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