Florida 3rd Congressional District (FL) — Elections 1876–2024

Florida 3rd Congressional District, Florida: Old Confederacy district. In 2024, voted R+22%. Democratic peak: D+80 in 1936.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: R+22MIT Election Lab
Political archetype: Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
Population: 735,0782024 5-year
Median household income: $61,1682024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 68.5%2024 5-year
Black: 15.1%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 11.8%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+80 in 1892MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+37 in 1972MIT Election Lab

CAMMACK, KatCongress 119 · Republican

−1 liberal

+1 conservative

Predecessors: YOHO, Ted (2019–2021), YOHO, Ted (2017–2019), YOHO, Ted (2015–2017), YOHO, Ted (2013–2015)

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

2024 results by constituent county

12 counties · 1 D · 11 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	−22.4%	139,460	221,050	363,984
2020	R	−15.6%	150,584	207,118	361,455
2016	R	−16.3%	128,118	180,168	318,912
2012	R	−12.5%	128,912	166,393	299,053
2008	R	−8.4%	138,240	164,071	305,738
2004	R	−12.5%	117,413	151,265	270,954
2000	R	−4.9%	94,586	104,769	207,071
1996	D	+5.2%	84,116	74,572	182,374
1992	D	+5.8%	75,946	65,449	181,058
1988	R	−17.7%	57,109	81,968	140,287
1984	R	−22.9%	52,089	82,976	135,130
1980	D	+7.1%	60,826	52,333	119,659
1976	D	+28.5%	65,411	35,882	103,639
1972	R	−37.1%	26,175	57,221	83,639
1968	O	+2.4%	19,547	17,813	71,562
1964	D	+1.8%	32,340	31,190	63,530
1960	D	+16.9%	29,425	20,915	50,339
1956	D	+21.4%	26,552	17,200	43,752
1952	D	+14.8%	25,298	18,773	44,072
1948	D	+39.4%	17,923	5,231	32,228
1944	D	+65.7%	22,805	4,723	27,528
1940	D	+73.9%	26,235	3,933	30,168
1936	D	+80.1%	22,973	2,535	25,508
1932	D	+76.7%	18,431	2,426	20,857
1928	D	+24.8%	9,358	4,893	18,027
1924	D	+60.1%	7,156	1,501	9,406
1920	D	+52.2%	10,777	3,104	14,697
1916	D	+66.2%	8,628	1,480	10,793
1912	D	+62.2%	5,037	731	6,921
1908	D	+37.4%	5,027	1,977	8,151
1904	D	+44.4%	4,861	1,738	7,036
1900	D	+57.7%	1,793	438	2,347
1896	D	+40.1%	2,030	834	2,983
1892	D	+79.5%	1,894	0	2,381
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	D	+9.4%	7,324	6,066	13,390
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

12.5%

German

10.7%

Irish

10.5%

American

6.5%

Italian

4.3%

Scottish

1.8%

Polish

1.6%

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: 39.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

1.3%

3.1%

75–84

3.5%

5.4%

65–74

6.1%

6.0%

55–64

6.3%

5.5%

45–54

5.2%

6.2%

35–44

5.8%

6.7%

25–34

6.1%

6.4%

18–24

6.3%

7.5%

5–17

6.9%

2.5%

2.3%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$61,168

Congressional District 3 ranks near the middle of US counties.

Congressional District 3$61,168

Florida$74,568

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

17.8%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1819.9%

Working age (18–64)17.5%

Seniors (65+)13.4%

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

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

87.4%

speak English only

Spanish8.0%

Other Indo-European2.5%

Asian & Pacific Islander1.7%

Other languages0.4%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Other Christian

14.9%

Baptist

11.9%

Catholic & Orthodox

7.0%

Methodist

4.0%

Pentecostal & Holiness

3.0%

Mainline Protestant

1.3%

Non-Christian

1.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 56.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Despite a substantial college-town presence around the University of Florida, FL-03 has trended decisively toward Republican margins in recent cycles, reflecting the influence of surrounding rural counties that dilute Gainesville's Democratic lean.

The shift began with civil rights. 2000 marked the realignment in Florida 3rd Congressional District, by a five points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at thirty-seven points in 1972. The 2024 margin was twenty-two points.

The political shift has tracked, in Florida 3rd Congressional District, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 69% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $61,168, and a 18% poverty rate describe the demographic context.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Congressional District 3, Florida vote in 2024?

In 2024, Congressional District 3, Florida voted Republican by 22.4 points (R+22), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 363,984 votes cast, 139,460 went Democratic and 221,050 went Republican.

What is Congressional District 3, Florida's political archetype?

Akashic classifies Congressional District 3, 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 24 times, Republican 10 times, and other 1 times.

When did Congressional District 3, Florida last vote Democratic?

The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 3, Florida voted Democratic was 1996.

How many people live in Congressional District 3, Florida?

Congressional District 3, Florida has a population of 735,078 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Congressional District 3, Florida?

Median household income in Congressional District 3, Florida is $61,168 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.

What is the political history of Congressional District 3, Florida?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 3, Florida from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 24 went Democratic and 10 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.

Florida 3rd Congressional District voted Democratic for a century; it now votes Republican by 22 points.

Key facts

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