Elections in Florida
Year Democratic Republican
1952 45.0% 444,950 55.0% 544,036
1956 42.7% 480,371 57.3% 643,849
1960 48.5% 748,700 51.5% 795,476
1964 51.1% 948,540 48.8% 905,941
1968 30.9% 676,794 40.5% 886,804
1972 27.8% 718,117 71.9% 1,857,759
1976 51.9% 1,636,000 46.6% 1,469,531
1980 38.5% 1,419,475 55.5% 2,046,951
1984 34.7% 1,448,816 65.3% 2,730,350
1988 38.5% 1,656,701 60.9% 2,618,885
1992 39.0% 2,072,698 40.9% 2,173,310
1996 48.0% 2,546,870 42.3% 2,244,536
2000 48.8% 2,912,253 48.9% 2,912,790
2004 47.1% 3,583,544 52.1% 3,964,522
2008 51.0% 4,282,367 48.2% 4,046,219
2012 50.0% 4,237,756 49.1% 4,163,447
2016 47.8% 4,504,975 49.0% 4,617,886
Voter qualifications
All citizens of the United States , over the age of eighteen and who are permanent residents of the state , may register to vote as a qualified elector of Florida unless they are convicted of a felony or found to be mentally incompetent . Gubernatorial election results [ 2 ] Year Democratic Republican 1952 74.8% 624,463 25.2% 210,009 1956 73.7% 747,753 26.3% 266,980 1960 59.8% 849,407 40.1% 569,936 1964 56.1% 933,554 41.3% 686,297 1966 44.9% 668,233 55.1% 821,190 1970 56.9% 984,305 43.1% 746,243 1974 61.2% 1,118,954 38.8% 709,438 1978 55.6% 1,406,580 44.4% 1,123,888 1982 64.7% 1,739,553 35.3% 949,013 1986 45.4% 1,538,620 54.6% 1,847,525 1990 56.5% 1,995,206 43.5% 1,535,068 1994 50.8% 2,135,008 49.2% 2,071,068 1998 44.7% 1,773,054 55.3% 2,191,105 2002 43.2% 2,201,427 56.0% 2,856,845 2006 45.1% 2,178,289 52.2% 2,519,845 2010 47.7% 2,557,785 48.9% 2,619,335 2014 47.1% 2,801,198 48.1% 2,865,343 2018 49.2% 4,043,723 49.6% 4,076,186
Elections in Florida are held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November in even-numbered years, as provided for in Article 6 of the Florida Constitution. For state elections, the Governor of Florida, Lieutenant Governor, and the members of the Florida Cabinet, and members of the Florida Senate are elected every four years; members of the Florida House of Representatives are elected every two years. In national elections, Florida plays an important role as the largest bellwether state, occasionally determining the outcome of elections for U.S. President - as it did in 1876 and in 2000.