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1876–2024
Lee County, Florida
Lee County·Florida

Lee County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

A Gulf Coast county where Republicans routinely win by wide margins

18762024·38 elections
Lee County, Florida · Ecomerford · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+28
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
817,666
2024 ACS
Most similar
Lake County
FL · similarity 0.99
99 precincts · 392,448 votes cast
Trump · R+28
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−28.4%
139,169250,648392,448
2020R
−19.2%
157,695233,247393,899
2016R
−20.4%
124,908191,551326,420
2012R
−16.5%
110,157154,163266,166
2008R
−10.4%
119,701147,608269,276
2004R
−20.9%
93,860144,176240,667
2000R
−17.7%
73,571106,151184,400
1996R
−9.2%
65,69980,898165,951
1992R
−11.9%
53,66073,436166,002
1988R
−36.1%
40,72587,303128,936
1984R
−47.8%
30,02285,024115,076
1980R
−34.8%
28,12561,03394,613
1976R
−10.7%
30,56738,03869,789
1972R
−59.1%
9,40436,73846,235
1968R
−20.6%
7,97814,37631,095
1964R
−11.6%
10,20412,88623,090
1960R
−30.7%
5,49410,35715,851
1956R
−25.2%
4,5207,56512,085
1952R
−18.2%
3,8285,5289,356
1948R
−6.8%
1,8832,2765,797
1944D
+28.5%
3,3531,8655,218
1940D
+37.0%
3,5311,6225,153
1936D
+38.3%
2,5491,1373,686
1932D
+44.9%
2,5579733,530
1928R
−27.7%
1,1542,0583,258
1924D
+18.1%
8455521,622
1920D
+18.4%
9386261,694
1916D
+51.6%
7511671,132
1912D
+55.2%
43238714
1908D
+36.4%
26672533
1904D
+36.9%
26684493
1900D
+69.9%
27839342
1896D
+47.4%
22274312
1892D
+96.2%
1530159
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
6.3%
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
18.9%
Other Christian
13.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.0%
Baptist
2.4%
Mainline Protestant
1.9%
Methodist
1.7%
Non-Christian
0.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 58.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Lee County's rapid post-2000 growth, driven largely by retirees from the Midwest and Northeast, has produced one of Florida's most reliably Republican electorates on the Gulf Coast, with the 2024 presidential margin reaching 28.4 points.

The Republican margin in Lee County reached its widest at fifty-nine points in 1972. The margin in 2024 was twenty-eight points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Lee County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $76,107, a 67% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 817,666 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lake County and Indian River County.