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Election 1996 Results

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1996 presidential election in Florida

Bill Clinton (Democrat) beat Bob Dole (Republican) in Florida in 1996, 48.0% to 42.3%, a margin of 5.7 points and 302,334 votes.

Florida voted 2.8 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+8.5.

Florida changed party: in 1992 it went Republican, for George H. W. Bush.

Republicans led in 35 of the 67 counties and Democrats in 32. The largest, Miami-Dade, cast 553,782 votes and went to the Democrat by 19.5 points. The closest was Hendry, where 30 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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bill Clinton won Democratic 2,546,870 48.0%
Bob Dole Republican 2,244,536 42.3%
Ross Perot Reform 483,870 9.1%
All other candidates 28,518 0.5%
Total5,303,794

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Miami-Dade 317,555 57.3% 209,740 37.9% 26,487 553,782 D+19.5
Broward 320,779 63.5% 142,870 28.3% 41,449 505,098 D+35.2
Palm Beach 230,687 58.1% 133,811 33.7% 32,856 397,354 D+24.4
Pinellas 184,748 49.1% 152,155 40.4% 39,369 376,272 D+8.7
Hillsborough 144,266 46.8% 136,656 44.3% 27,349 308,271 D+2.5
Duval 112,328 44.2% 126,959 50.0% 14,836 254,123 R+5.8
Orange 105,539 45.7% 106,059 45.9% 19,528 231,126 R+0.2
Brevard 80,445 41.2% 88,022 45.1% 26,666 195,133 R+3.9
Lee 65,699 39.6% 80,898 48.7% 19,354 165,951 R+9.2
Volusia 78,919 49.3% 63,091 39.4% 18,148 160,158 D+9.9
Polk 66,747 44.4% 67,962 45.3% 15,464 150,173 R+0.8
Sarasota 63,665 42.7% 69,213 46.5% 16,108 148,986 R+3.7
Pasco 66,475 49.8% 48,355 36.2% 18,641 133,471 D+13.6
Seminole 45,058 39.2% 59,797 52.0% 10,049 114,904 R+12.8
Escambia 37,838 35.1% 60,997 56.5% 9,090 107,925 R+21.5
Manatee 41,891 43.2% 44,136 45.6% 10,851 96,878 R+2.3
Leon 50,072 54.6% 33,930 37.0% 7,715 91,717 D+17.6
Marion 37,045 41.1% 41,409 45.9% 11,717 90,171 R+4.8
Alachua 40,161 53.9% 25,316 34.0% 9,039 74,516 D+19.9
Lake 29,752 40.2% 35,097 47.5% 9,074 73,923 R+7.2
St. Lucie 36,169 48.9% 28,899 39.1% 8,838 73,906 D+9.8
Collier 23,185 32.0% 42,593 58.7% 6,739 72,517 R+26.8
Okaloosa 16,462 26.1% 40,683 64.5% 5,899 63,044 R+38.4
Charlotte 27,121 43.0% 27,847 44.2% 8,059 63,027 R+1.2
Hernando 28,524 49.1% 22,046 38.0% 7,496 58,066 D+11.2
Martin 20,855 38.2% 28,522 52.2% 5,279 54,656 R+14.0
Bay 17,068 33.0% 28,365 54.9% 6,261 51,694 R+21.9
Citrus 22,044 44.4% 20,125 40.6% 7,431 49,600 D+3.9
St. Johns 16,716 34.4% 27,318 56.3% 4,515 48,549 R+21.8
Clay 13,259 28.2% 30,370 64.5% 3,463 47,092 R+36.3
Osceola 21,874 47.0% 18,337 39.4% 6,280 46,491 D+7.6
Indian River 16,375 37.2% 22,714 51.7% 4,883 43,972 R+14.4
Santa Rosa 10,936 25.8% 26,301 62.0% 5,173 42,410 R+36.2
Highlands 14,250 42.3% 15,617 46.3% 3,847 33,714 R+4.1
Monroe 15,251 46.9% 12,076 37.1% 5,217 32,544 D+9.8
Putnam 12,010 47.7% 9,786 38.9% 3,356 25,152 D+8.8
Nassau 7,277 34.4% 12,141 57.4% 1,749 21,167 R+23.0
Flagler 9,585 47.7% 8,234 41.0% 2,260 20,079 D+6.7
Columbia 6,691 41.0% 7,588 46.5% 2,047 16,326 R+5.5
Walton 5,342 34.4% 7,709 49.7% 2,467 15,518 R+15.3
Jackson 6,667 43.0% 7,189 46.3% 1,657 15,513 R+3.4
Sumter 7,017 45.6% 5,960 38.7% 2,423 15,400 D+6.9
Gadsden 9,407 66.3% 3,817 26.9% 975 14,199 D+39.4
Suwannee 4,479 36.9% 5,742 47.3% 1,923 12,144 R+10.4
Levy 4,938 44.6% 4,299 38.9% 1,828 11,065 D+5.8
Okeechobee 4,826 48.5% 3,418 34.4% 1,697 9,941 D+14.2
Hendry 3,885 43.7% 3,855 43.3% 1,159 8,899 D+0.3
Bradford 3,356 40.7% 4,039 49.0% 853 8,248 R+8.3
Taylor 3,583 44.8% 3,188 39.9% 1,226 7,997 D+4.9
Washington 2,992 38.1% 3,524 44.8% 1,345 7,861 R+6.8
Desoto 3,222 43.0% 3,275 43.7% 995 7,492 R+0.7
Wakulla 3,056 42.6% 2,933 40.9% 1,180 7,169 D+1.7
Holmes 2,312 34.0% 3,249 47.8% 1,243 6,804 R+13.8
Baker 2,273 34.2% 3,686 55.5% 678 6,637 R+21.3
Hardee 2,417 38.9% 2,928 47.2% 861 6,206 R+8.2
Gulf 2,480 41.4% 2,430 40.6% 1,082 5,992 D+0.8
Madison 2,794 50.0% 2,195 39.3% 598 5,587 D+10.7
Jefferson 2,544 52.9% 1,851 38.5% 414 4,809 D+14.4
Gilchrist 1,985 41.4% 1,939 40.4% 871 4,795 D+1.0
Franklin 2,096 45.9% 1,563 34.2% 911 4,570 D+11.7
Calhoun 1,794 43.1% 1,717 41.3% 647 4,158 D+1.9
Dixie 1,734 45.6% 1,399 36.8% 667 3,800 D+8.8
Hamilton 1,735 47.2% 1,520 41.4% 418 3,673 D+5.9
Union 1,388 40.1% 1,636 47.3% 438 3,462 R+7.2
Glades 1,530 44.6% 1,361 39.7% 540 3,431 D+4.9
Lafayette 829 35.7% 1,166 50.2% 327 2,322 R+14.5
Liberty 868 40.1% 913 42.2% 383 2,164 R+2.1

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

YearWinnerMargin
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