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1876–2024
Broward County, Florida
Broward County·Florida

Broward County is one of the bluest places in America.

South Florida's most populous Democratic anchor held at D+17 in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Broward County, Florida · Marine 69-71 · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+17
in 2024
Archetype
Urban anchor
since the recent cycles
Population
1,977,129
2024 ACS
Most similar
Hudson County
NJ · similarity 0.99
356 precincts · 874,133 votes cast
Harris · D+17
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+17.0%
507,057358,842874,133
2020D
+29.8%
618,752333,409957,672
2016D
+35.1%
553,320260,951831,951
2012D
+34.9%
508,312244,101756,422
2008D
+34.7%
492,640237,729733,899
2004D
+29.6%
453,873244,674706,872
2000D
+36.5%
387,760177,939575,239
1996D
+35.2%
320,779142,870505,098
1992D
+20.9%
276,361164,832533,050
1988R
−0.5%
218,274220,316440,605
1984R
−13.4%
194,584254,608449,226
1980R
−20.3%
146,323229,693410,561
1976D
+4.4%
176,491161,411342,343
1972R
−45.1%
74,127196,528271,409
1968R
−25.4%
56,613106,122194,727
1964R
−11.0%
68,40685,264153,670
1960R
−17.6%
47,81168,294116,105
1956R
−44.9%
16,56143,55260,113
1952R
−38.2%
11,85426,50638,360
1948R
−14.5%
7,0969,93319,521
1944D
+5.1%
6,1835,58311,766
1940D
+23.4%
6,4223,98810,410
1936D
+39.4%
4,3851,9066,291
1932D
+31.5%
3,2931,7175,010
1928R
−29.2%
1,5642,8894,540
1924D
+1.4%
421407982
1920R
−2.7%
415442999
1916D
+32.0%
382158700
1912
No data
1908
No data
1904
No data
1900
No data
1896
No data
1892
No data
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
African American
22.4%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
19.1%
Other Christian
13.3%
Baptist
6.4%
Non-Christian
2.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.4%
Methodist
1.0%
Mainline Protestant
0.9%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 55.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Broward's dense suburban corridors and large Caribbean-American communities have made it one of Florida's most reliably Democratic counties for two decades, even as statewide margins have shifted sharply toward Republicans.

The Democratic margin in Broward County has been steady. It reached its modern peak at thirty-nine points in 1936; the 2024 margin was seventeen points, still in line with the county's long pattern.

Broward County's political identity is inseparable from its demographic profile: a 38% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $77,633, and the full diversity of a major metropolitan center. The county's voting pattern resembles other major urban centers most closely — Hudson County and Camden County.