| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 64,572 | 96,371 | 162,689 | |
| 2020 | R | 70,929 | 96,674 | 170,372 | |
| 2016 | R | 57,461 | 88,808 | 152,469 | |
| 2012 | R | 58,185 | 88,711 | 148,502 | |
| 2008 | R | 61,572 | 91,411 | 154,447 | |
| 2004 | R | 48,329 | 93,566 | 143,278 | |
| 2000 | R | 40,990 | 73,171 | 116,856 | |
| 1996 | R | 37,838 | 60,997 | 107,925 | |
| 1992 | R | 32,045 | 52,868 | 105,221 | |
| 1988 | R | 29,977 | 64,959 | 95,460 | |
| 1984 | R | 26,812 | 66,715 | 93,549 | |
| 1980 | R | 33,513 | 51,794 | 88,559 | |
| 1976 | R | 38,279 | 41,471 | 80,715 | |
| 1972 | R | 14,078 | 56,071 | 70,464 | |
| 1968 | D | 16,281 | 15,089 | 68,370 | |
| 1964 | R | 25,371 | 32,414 | 57,785 | |
| 1960 | D | 28,288 | 17,925 | 46,213 | |
| 1956 | D | 22,320 | 13,227 | 35,547 | |
| 1952 | D | 20,495 | 12,176 | 32,671 | |
| 1948 | D | 13,982 | 3,267 | 22,156 | |
| 1944 | D | 16,240 | 3,191 | 19,431 | |
| 1940 | D | 16,201 | 2,249 | 18,450 | |
| 1936 | D | 9,138 | 1,567 | 10,705 | |
| 1932 | D | 6,182 | 1,658 | 7,840 | |
| 1928 | R | 3,772 | 4,443 | 8,333 | |
| 1924 | D | 2,290 | 1,274 | 4,342 | |
| 1920 | D | 3,485 | 1,227 | 5,345 | |
| 1916 | D | 2,183 | 416 | 2,765 | |
| 1912 | D | 1,593 | 72 | 2,066 | |
| 1908 | D | 1,887 | 718 | 3,356 | |
| 1904 | D | 1,573 | 497 | 2,159 | |
| 1900 | D | 1,435 | 432 | 2,261 | |
| 1896 | D | 1,285 | 233 | 1,668 | |
| 1892 | D | 2,616 | 0 | 2,743 | |
| 1888 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1884 | D | 1,896 | 1,861 | 3,757 | |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1876 | — | — | — | — |
Escambia County, anchored by Pensacola and shaped by a large military presence at NAS Pensacola, has voted Republican by double-digit margins in every presidential cycle this century, with the 2024 gap reaching nearly 20 points.
The shift began with civil rights. 1972 marked the realignment in Escambia County, by a sixty points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at sixty points in 1972. The 2024 margin was twenty points.
The political shift has tracked, in Escambia County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 64% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $67,500, and a 15% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Greenville County and Dorchester County.
