An Election to Remember

    Between assassination attempts, highly publicized debates, President Joe Biden’s late dropout and more, the 2024 Presidential Election is already one for the history books. On Nov. 5, tens of millions of Americans will cast their votes at polling locations across the country. Here’s a look at historic Florida voter trends, today’s voter demographics and a few other metrics to get you in the red-white-and-blue spirit.

    Historic Florida Voter Turnout in Presidential Elections
     
    Year Turnout in General Election
     
    2000 70%
     
    2004 74%
     
    2008 75%
     
    2012 72%
     
    Source: Florida Division of Elections
     
     
     
    Active Registered Voters in Florida
     
    Year Turnout in General Election
     
    2019 13,536,830
     
    2020 14,565,738
     
    2021     14,287,711
     
    2022 14,536,811
     
    2023 13,350,409
     
    2024 13,564,035
     
    Source: Florida Division of Elections
     
     
    Florida Voter Registration by Party
     
    Year Republican Democrat Minor Parties No Party
     
    2019 35.17% 36.84% 1.09% 28.90%
     
    2020 35.83 36.50 1.59 26.09
     
    2021 35.86 35.56 1.78 26.80
     
    2022 36.54 35.90 1.81 27.74
     
    2023 38.51 32.67 2.77 26.06
     
    Source: Florida Division of Elections
     
    *Percentages reflect the number of active registered voters in Florida.
     
     
    Turnout rates per race/ethnicity in 2020 election
     

    Non-Hispanic white – 72.6%

    Non-Hispanic Black – 65.6%

    Non-Hispanic other – 59.8%

    Hispanic – 52.5%

     
    Source: University of Florida Election Lab
     
     
     
    Turnout rates per age group in 2020 election
     

    Ages 18-29 – 52.5%

    Ages 30-44 – 64.4%

    Ages 45-59 – 72.9%

    Ages 60+ – 78%

     
    Source: University of Florida Election Lab