Florida Shifts Further Right
Fla.2016
+1.2 Trump
2020
+3.4 Trump
Current statewide margin
More than half of the counties in Florida — a must-win battleground for President Trump — swung further right, allowing him to win the state with a margin that is nearly three times what he had four years ago.
About a third of counties voted more Democratic. Joseph R. Biden Jr. did well in Pinellas, home to St. Petersburg, which twice supported Barack Obama for president before voting for Mr. Trump in 2016. Mr. Biden flipped a large county — Duval, home of Jacksonville — which Mr. Trump won by a slight margin in 2016.
Mr. Biden’s gains, however, were not enough to make up for votes he lost in populous Miami-Dade County, relative to Hillary Clinton’s returns four years ago.
Change in margin of victory in large Florida counties
Counties with the most votes cast
Mr. Biden underperformed in many precincts with a majority Hispanic population, particularly those in the Cuban-American communities of Miami-Dade County, which overwhelmingly supported Mr. Trump.
The surge among Cuban-American voters boosted Mr. Trump’s vote totals in the county, where he picked up nearly 200,000 more votes than four years ago.
Precinct results in Miami-Dade County
Outlined areas
are majority Cuban
Hialeah
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Beach
Circles show size of
lead for Trump or Biden
in each precinct
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Miami-Dade
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Atlantic Ocean
Outlined areas
are majority Cuban
Hialeah
Miami
Beach
Circles show size of
lead for Trump or Biden
in each precinct.
Miami
Miami-Dade
County
FLA.
Miami-Dade
County
Circles show size of lead for
Trump or Biden in each precinct.
Outlined areas
are majority Cuban
Miami-Dade
County
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