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Election 1872 Results

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1872 presidential election in Florida

Ulysses S. Grant (Republican) beat Horace Greeley (Democrat) in Florida in 1872, 53.5% to 46.5%, a margin of 7.0 points and 2,335 votes.

Florida voted 4.6 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+11.6.

Democrats led in 26 of the 38 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 12. The largest, Leon, cast 3,071 votes and went to the Republican by 56.1 points. The closest was Dade, where 3 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.

Result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Ulysses S. Grant won	Republican	17,762	53.5%
Horace Greeley	Democratic	15,427	46.5%
Total		33,189

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Total	Margin
Leon	674 21.9%	2,397 78.1%	3,071	R+56.1
Jefferson	599 21.1%	2,235 78.9%	2,834	R+57.7
Duval	891 35.5%	1,622 64.5%	2,513	R+29.1
Alachua	768 33.8%	1,507 66.2%	2,275	R+32.5
Jackson	920 45.3%	1,109 54.7%	2,029	R+9.3
Madison	691 34.8%	1,295 65.2%	1,986	R+30.4
Gadsden	737 38.1%	1,196 61.9%	1,933	R+23.7
Marion	646 37.6%	1,070 62.4%	1,716	R+24.7
Escambia	705 46.9%	798 53.1%	1,503	R+6.2
Columbia	602 48.2%	648 51.8%	1,250	R+3.7
Nassau	459 44.2%	580 55.8%	1,039	R+11.6
Santa Rosa	570 61.5%	357 38.5%	927	D+23.0
Monroe	619 68.3%	287 31.7%	906	D+36.6
Suwannee	490 57.7%	359 42.3%	849	D+15.4
Putnam	409 50.9%	394 49.1%	803	D+1.9
Bradford	444 69.5%	195 30.5%	639	D+39.0
St. Johns	371 67.0%	183 33.0%	554	D+33.9
Hamilton	442 96.1%	18 3.9%	460	D+92.2
Hillsborough	299 65.4%	158 34.6%	457	D+30.9
Levy	324 71.7%	128 28.3%	452	D+43.4
Walton	369 83.7%	72 16.3%	441	D+67.3
Wakulla	256 58.7%	180 41.3%	436	D+17.4
Sumter	295 68.1%	138 31.9%	433	D+36.3
Polk	362 100.0%	0 0.0%	362	D+100.0
Washington	293 84.2%	55 15.8%	348	D+68.4
Clay	230 66.5%	116 33.5%	346	D+32.9
Orange	298 89.8%	34 10.2%	332	D+79.5
Volusia	202 65.2%	108 34.8%	310	D+30.3
Manatee	198 71.5%	79 28.5%	277	D+43.0
Taylor	157 62.3%	95 37.7%	252	D+24.6
Franklin	140 60.3%	92 39.7%	232	D+20.7
Lafayette	161 72.9%	60 27.1%	221	D+45.7
Holmes	214 98.2%	4 1.8%	218	D+96.3
Baker	130 59.9%	87 40.1%	217	D+19.8
Calhoun	154 80.6%	37 19.4%	191	D+61.3
Hernando	174 95.6%	8 4.4%	182	D+91.2
Liberty	122 72.6%	46 27.4%	168	D+45.2
Dade	12 44.4%	15 55.6%	27	R+11.1

Counties as they stood in 1872; 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 in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+13.1
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+3.4
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+1.2
2012	Barack Obama (D)	D+0.9
2008	Barack Obama (D)	D+2.8
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+5.0
2000	George W. Bush (R)	level
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+5.7
1992	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+1.9
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+22.4
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+30.7
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+17.0
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+5.3
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+44.1
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+9.6
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+2.3
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+3.0
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+14.5
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+10.0
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+15.2
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+40.6
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+48.0
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+52.2
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+49.6
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+17.2
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+28.8
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+31.3
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+51.2
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+61.1
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+41.4
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+46.9
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+52.8
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+46.2
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+85.0
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+19.6
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+6.2
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+8.3
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes (R)	R+2.0
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+7.0

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