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1876–2024
Liberty County, Florida
Liberty County·Florida

For ninety-six years, Liberty County voted Democratic. Then it stopped.

Florida's least-populous county posts one of the state's widest presidential margins

18762024·38 elections
Liberty County, Florida · Michael Rivera · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+67
in 2024
Archetype
Realigner
since the recent cycles
Population
7,687
2024 ACS
Most similar
Jackson County
FL · similarity 1.00
8 precincts · 3,487 votes cast
Trump · R+67
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−67.0%
5632,8983,487
2020R
−60.4%
6942,8463,561
2016R
−57.4%
6512,5433,296
2012R
−41.4%
9422,3013,284
2008R
−44.1%
8952,3393,278
2004R
−28.4%
1,0701,9273,021
2000R
−12.4%
1,0171,3172,410
1996R
−2.1%
8689132,164
1992R
−11.9%
8201,1262,576
1988R
−32.7%
7091,4212,177
1984R
−36.9%
6501,4102,060
1980D
+10.5%
1,1148992,052
1976D
+29.1%
1,1376201,776
1972R
−68.8%
2221,1991,421
1968D
+5.1%
2421541,718
1964R
−41.4%
3779101,287
1960D
+56.0%
8622431,105
1956D
+57.0%
8702381,108
1952D
+62.8%
1,0372371,274
1948D
+83.3%
73730849
1944D
+88.6%
62638664
1940D
+77.7%
9471191,066
1936D
+85.2%
80064864
1932D
+91.3%
68231713
1928D
+21.1%
226147375
1924D
+78.1%
19318224
1920D
+90.5%
4165454
1916D
+57.3%
28057389
1912D
+65.7%
20632265
1908D
+39.2%
17669273
1904D
+46.3%
14350201
1900
No data
1896
No data
1892
No data
1888
No data
1884D
+26.6%
16294256
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%
Polish
0.7%
African American
9.4%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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
Baptist
20.4%
Methodist
17.4%
Other Christian
8.2%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.9%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 51.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Liberty County's roughly 7,000 residents, concentrated in the pine-timber communities around Bristow, have delivered lopsided Republican margins for decades — the 2024 gap of nearly 67 points reflects both its rural character and its near-absence of urban or suburban population centers.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Liberty County peaked at ninety-one points in 1932; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1984 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of thirty-seven points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Liberty County's median household income of $58,671 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Jackson County and Calhoun County.