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Election 2008 Results

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2008 presidential election in Florida

Barack Obama (Democrat) beat John McCain (Republican) in Florida in 2008, 51.0% to 48.2%, a margin of 2.8 points and 236,450 votes.

Florida voted 4.5 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+7.3.

Florida changed party: in 2004 it went Republican, for George W. Bush.

Republicans led in 52 of the 67 counties and Democrats in 15. The largest, Miami-Dade, cast 863,486 votes and went to the Democrat by 16.1 points. The closest was Sarasota, where 211 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
Barack Obama won Democratic 4,282,074 51.0%
John McCain Republican 4,045,624 48.2%
All other candidates 63,046 0.8%
Total8,390,744

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Miami-Dade 499,831 57.9% 360,551 41.8% 3,104 863,486 D+16.1
Broward 492,640 67.1% 237,729 32.4% 3,530 733,899 D+34.7
Palm Beach 361,271 61.2% 226,037 38.3% 3,192 590,500 D+22.9
Hillsborough 272,963 53.2% 236,355 46.0% 3,994 513,312 D+7.1
Pinellas 248,299 53.6% 210,066 45.3% 4,917 463,282 D+8.3
Orange 273,009 59.0% 186,832 40.4% 2,870 462,711 D+18.6
Duval 202,618 48.7% 210,537 50.6% 2,606 415,761 R+1.9
Brevard 127,620 44.3% 157,589 54.7% 2,650 287,859 R+10.4
Lee 119,701 44.5% 147,608 54.8% 1,967 269,276 R+10.4
Polk 113,865 46.5% 128,878 52.6% 2,090 244,833 R+6.1
Volusia 127,795 52.4% 113,938 46.7% 2,091 243,824 D+5.7
Pasco 102,417 47.7% 110,104 51.2% 2,345 214,866 R+3.6
Sarasota 102,686 49.5% 102,897 49.6% 1,770 207,353 R+0.1
Seminole 99,335 48.2% 105,070 51.0% 1,490 205,895 R+2.8
Marion 70,839 43.7% 89,628 55.3% 1,555 162,022 R+11.6
Escambia 61,572 39.9% 91,411 59.2% 1,464 154,447 R+19.3
Manatee 70,034 46.1% 80,721 53.1% 1,239 151,994 R+7.0
Leon 91,747 61.7% 55,705 37.5% 1,156 148,608 D+24.3
Lake 62,948 42.8% 82,802 56.4% 1,176 146,926 R+13.5
Collier 54,450 38.3% 86,379 60.8% 1,159 141,988 R+22.5
Alachua 75,565 60.2% 48,513 38.6% 1,441 125,519 D+21.6
St. Lucie 67,125 55.7% 52,512 43.5% 942 120,579 D+12.1
St. Johns 35,791 33.8% 69,222 65.4% 831 105,844 R+31.6
Osceola 59,962 59.6% 40,086 39.8% 622 100,670 D+19.7
Okaloosa 25,872 27.1% 68,789 72.0% 868 95,529 R+44.9
Clay 26,697 28.2% 67,203 71.1% 677 94,577 R+42.8
Hernando 41,886 47.7% 45,021 51.2% 994 87,901 R+3.6
Charlotte 39,031 45.8% 45,205 53.1% 922 85,158 R+7.3
Bay 23,653 29.2% 56,683 69.9% 791 81,127 R+40.7
Martin 33,508 42.8% 44,143 56.4% 643 78,294 R+13.6
Santa Rosa 19,470 25.6% 55,972 73.5% 743 76,185 R+47.9
Citrus 31,460 41.3% 43,706 57.4% 992 76,158 R+16.1
Indian River 29,710 42.1% 40,176 56.9% 705 70,591 R+14.8
Flagler 24,726 50.4% 23,951 48.8% 354 49,031 D+1.6
Sumter 17,655 36.1% 30,866 63.2% 347 48,868 R+27.0
Highlands 18,135 40.5% 26,221 58.6% 427 44,783 R+18.1
Monroe 20,907 51.9% 18,933 47.0% 432 40,272 D+4.9
Nassau 10,618 27.7% 27,403 71.5% 283 38,304 R+43.8
Putnam 13,236 39.9% 19,637 59.2% 298 33,171 R+19.3
Columbia 9,171 32.6% 18,670 66.4% 287 28,128 R+33.8
Walton 7,174 26.5% 19,561 72.3% 311 27,046 R+45.8
Gadsden 15,582 69.2% 6,811 30.3% 117 22,510 D+39.0
Jackson 7,671 35.6% 13,717 63.6% 177 21,565 R+28.0
Levy 6,711 35.8% 11,754 62.8% 260 18,725 R+26.9
Suwannee 4,916 27.8% 12,534 71.0% 212 17,662 R+43.1
Wakulla 5,311 36.9% 8,877 61.7% 188 14,376 R+24.8
Okeechobee 5,108 39.9% 7,561 59.1% 117 12,786 R+19.2
Bradford 3,430 29.4% 8,136 69.7% 110 11,676 R+40.3
Washington 2,863 25.7% 8,178 73.5% 90 11,131 R+47.7
Baker 2,327 21.0% 8,672 78.4% 60 11,059 R+57.4
Hendry 4,998 45.9% 5,780 53.1% 101 10,879 R+7.2
Desoto 4,383 43.3% 5,632 55.6% 116 10,131 R+12.3
Taylor 2,803 29.9% 6,457 68.9% 106 9,366 R+39.0
Madison 4,270 47.9% 4,544 51.0% 93 8,907 R+3.1
Holmes 1,446 16.8% 7,033 81.9% 110 8,589 R+65.0
Jefferson 4,088 51.4% 3,797 47.7% 72 7,957 D+3.7
Gilchrist 1,996 25.5% 5,656 72.3% 167 7,819 R+46.8
Hardee 2,568 34.6% 4,763 64.3% 81 7,412 R+29.6
Dixie 1,925 26.5% 5,194 71.5% 145 7,264 R+45.0
Gulf 2,149 29.8% 4,980 69.1% 76 7,205 R+39.3
Calhoun 1,821 29.2% 4,345 69.6% 78 6,244 R+40.4
Franklin 2,134 35.4% 3,818 63.3% 77 6,029 R+27.9
Hamilton 2,364 42.3% 3,179 56.9% 44 5,587 R+14.6
Union 1,299 24.6% 3,933 74.4% 53 5,285 R+49.8
Glades 1,674 39.3% 2,533 59.4% 54 4,261 R+20.2
Lafayette 642 19.1% 2,679 79.8% 38 3,359 R+60.6
Liberty 895 27.3% 2,339 71.4% 44 3,278 R+44.1

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