Florida 2nd Congressional District (FL) — Elections 1876–2024

Florida 2nd Congressional District, Florida: Old Confederacy district. In 2024, voted R+18%. Democratic peak: D+80 in 1932.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: R+18MIT Election Lab
Political archetype: Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
Population: 794,2282024 5-year
Median household income: $65,2262024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 65.1%2024 5-year
Black: 22.1%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 7.7%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+80 in 1932MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+48 in 1972MIT Election Lab

DUNN, Neal PatrickCongress 119 · Republican

−1 liberal

+1 conservative

Predecessors: GRAHAM, Gwendolyn (Gwen) (2015–2017), SOUTHERLAND, Steve (2013–2015), SOUTHERLAND, Steve (2011–2013), BOYD, F. Allen, Jr. (2009–2011)

Source · Voteview / Lewis, Poole, Rosenthal et al. (CC-BY).

2024 results by constituent county

16 counties · 2 D · 14 R

R+60

D+60

One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.

38 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−18.5%	166,494	242,953	413,465
2020	R	−11.3%	180,865	227,685	413,045
2016	R	−12.2%	160,157	206,685	379,824
2012	R	−8.3%	165,418	195,684	365,097
2008	R	−7.1%	169,399	195,446	368,149
2004	R	−5.8%	158,563	178,223	339,185
2000	R	−2.5%	124,415	131,039	261,712
1996	D	+4.2%	109,969	100,089	236,724
1992	D	+2.4%	96,440	90,779	233,992
1988	R	−21.4%	73,993	114,908	190,837
1984	R	−25.6%	67,858	114,634	182,540
1980	D	+2.2%	82,794	79,113	168,931
1976	D	+15.6%	86,470	62,763	151,668
1972	R	−48.4%	32,263	92,921	125,367
1968	O	+4.8%	27,564	21,846	118,662
1964	R	−19.6%	41,914	62,387	104,302
1960	D	+26.1%	47,925	28,108	76,032
1956	D	+28.7%	41,582	23,052	64,634
1952	D	+32.1%	43,860	22,532	66,391
1948	D	+49.8%	25,824	5,241	41,351
1944	D	+68.9%	33,893	6,229	40,122
1940	D	+74.0%	38,808	5,792	44,600
1936	D	+78.3%	30,953	3,763	34,715
1932	D	+80.3%	27,666	3,026	30,692
1928	D	+13.5%	13,129	9,968	23,406
1924	D	+60.3%	8,749	1,858	11,429
1920	D	+54.4%	13,421	3,546	18,157
1916	D	+53.8%	9,644	2,395	13,468
1912	D	+61.5%	5,945	765	8,423
1908	D	+38.7%	5,981	2,284	9,563
1904	D	+47.6%	5,278	1,676	7,564
1900	D	+66.1%	1,643	305	2,025
1896	D	+71.9%	3,207	489	3,779
1892	R	−5.1%	1,378	1,525	2,903
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	R	−5.2%	6,773	7,513	14,286
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Congressional elections · 17 Senate races

U.S. Senate

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year	Won	D %	R %	Total
2024	R	42.8%	55.6%	10,757,428
2022	R	41.3%	57.7%	7,758,014
2018	R	49.9%	50.1%	8,190,005
2016	R	44.3%	52.0%	9,301,820
2012	D	55.2%	42.2%	8,189,946
2010	R	20.2%	48.9%	5,411,106
2006	D	60.3%	38.1%	4,793,534
2004	R	48.3%	49.4%	7,429,894
2000	D	51.0%	46.2%	5,856,731
1998	D	62.5%	37.5%	3,900,162
1994	R	29.5%	70.5%	4,106,816
1992	D	65.4%	34.6%	4,962,290
1988	R	49.6%	50.4%	4,068,209
1986	D	54.7%	45.3%	3,429,996
1982	D	61.7%	38.3%	2,653,419
1980	R	48.3%	51.7%	3,528,028
1976	D	63.0%	37.0%	2,857,534

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

English

11.5%

Irish

9.0%

German

8.4%

American

6.9%

Italian

3.4%

Scottish

2.0%

French

1.7%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 38.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.7%

85+

1.0%

2.4%

75–84

2.9%

5.1%

65–74

5.7%

6.2%

55–64

6.5%

6.0%

45–54

5.7%

6.6%

35–44

5.9%

6.9%

25–34

6.2%

6.1%

18–24

6.5%

7.5%

5–17

7.1%

2.6%

2.4%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$65,226

Congressional District 2 ranks near the middle of US counties.

Congressional District 2$65,226

Florida$74,568

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

16.6%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1820.5%

Working age (18–64)16.0%

Seniors (65+)10.5%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

90.8%

speak English only

Spanish5.3%

Other Indo-European2.0%

Asian & Pacific Islander1.3%

Other languages0.6%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Baptist

14.5%

Other Christian

13.6%

Methodist

6.6%

Catholic & Orthodox

5.3%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.4%

Mainline Protestant

1.7%

Non-Christian

0.6%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 55.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Stretching across the Panhandle and Big Bend regions, FL-2 is among the most lopsided congressional districts in the state, with deep rural and small-town demographics that have produced R+39 presidential margins in 2024.

The shift began with civil rights. 2000 marked the realignment in Florida 2nd Congressional District, by a three points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at forty-eight points in 1972. The 2024 margin was eighteen points.

The political shift has tracked, in Florida 2nd Congressional District, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 65% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $65,226, and a 17% poverty rate describe the demographic context.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Congressional District 2, Florida vote in 2024?

In 2024, Congressional District 2, Florida voted Republican by 18.5 points (R+18), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 413,465 votes cast, 166,494 went Democratic and 242,953 went Republican.

What is Congressional District 2, Florida's political archetype?

Akashic classifies Congressional District 2, Florida as a "Old Confederacy" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 21 times, Republican 13 times, and other 1 times.

When did Congressional District 2, Florida last vote Democratic?

The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 2, Florida voted Democratic was 1996.

How many people live in Congressional District 2, Florida?

Congressional District 2, Florida has a population of 794,228 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Congressional District 2, Florida?

Median household income in Congressional District 2, Florida is $65,226 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.

What is the political history of Congressional District 2, Florida?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 2, Florida from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 21 went Democratic and 13 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.

Florida 2nd Congressional District voted Democratic for a century; it now votes Republican by 18 points.

Key facts

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