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Election 1880 Results

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1880 presidential election in Florida

Winfield Scott Hancock (Democrat) beat James A. Garfield (Republican) in Florida in 1880, 54.2% to 45.8%, a margin of 8.3 points and 4,310 votes.

Florida voted 8.4 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+0.1.

Florida changed party: in 1876 it went Republican, for Rutherford B. Hayes.

Democrats led in 32 of the 39 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 7. The largest, Duval, cast 4,120 votes and went to the Republican by 26.7 points. The closest was Putnam, where 1 vote 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
Winfield Scott Hancock won	Democratic	27,964	54.2%
James A. Garfield	Republican	23,654	45.8%
Total		51,618

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Total	Margin
Duval	1,509 36.6%	2,611 63.4%	4,120	R+26.7
Leon	985 25.8%	2,832 74.2%	3,817	R+48.4
Alachua	1,519 45.2%	1,845 54.8%	3,364	R+9.7
Escambia	1,462 52.9%	1,302 47.1%	2,764	D+5.8
Jackson	1,475 55.5%	1,183 44.5%	2,658	D+11.0
Marion	1,070 41.2%	1,530 58.8%	2,600	R+17.7
Jefferson	818 32.7%	1,681 67.3%	2,499	R+34.5
Gadsden	1,226 53.5%	1,067 46.5%	2,293	D+6.9
Madison	1,053 50.9%	1,014 49.1%	2,067	D+1.9
Monroe	1,178 57.6%	867 42.4%	2,045	D+15.2
Columbia	1,013 55.3%	818 44.7%	1,831	D+10.6
Putnam	749 50.0%	750 50.0%	1,499	R+0.1
Nassau	615 41.7%	861 58.3%	1,476	R+16.7
Orange	1,066 73.4%	386 26.6%	1,452	D+46.8
Suwannee	794 60.7%	514 39.3%	1,308	D+21.4
Levy	784 62.3%	474 37.7%	1,258	D+24.6
Bradford	923 75.3%	303 24.7%	1,226	D+50.6
Hamilton	748 62.5%	448 37.5%	1,196	D+25.1
Hillsborough	937 81.0%	220 19.0%	1,157	D+62.0
Santa Rosa	622 61.5%	390 38.5%	1,012	D+22.9
Sumter	716 72.8%	268 27.2%	984	D+45.5
St. Johns	608 63.2%	354 36.8%	962	D+26.4
Hernando	652 79.6%	167 20.4%	819	D+59.2
Volusia	491 60.3%	323 39.7%	814	D+20.6
Manatee	604 78.9%	162 21.1%	766	D+57.7
Walton	645 90.1%	71 9.9%	716	D+80.2
Washington	420 75.1%	139 24.9%	559	D+50.3
Clay	351 62.9%	207 37.1%	558	D+25.8
Wakulla	381 68.4%	176 31.6%	557	D+36.8
Polk	508 98.3%	9 1.7%	517	D+96.5
Lafayette	352 82.4%	75 17.6%	427	D+64.9
Baker	241 64.6%	132 35.4%	373	D+29.2
Taylor	312 84.3%	58 15.7%	370	D+68.6
Holmes	341 99.1%	3 0.9%	344	D+98.3
Franklin	209 63.1%	122 36.9%	331	D+26.3
Brevard	221 74.4%	76 25.6%	297	D+48.8
Calhoun	203 69.5%	89 30.5%	292	D+39.0
Liberty	131 55.7%	104 44.3%	235	D+11.5
Dade	32 58.2%	23 41.8%	55	D+16.4

Counties as they stood in 1880; 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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