Florida 4th Congressional District (FL) — Elections 1876–2024

Florida 4th Congressional District, Florida: Old Confederacy district. In 2024, voted R+17%. Democratic peak: D+92 in 1892.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: R+17MIT Election Lab
Political archetype: Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
Population: 1,023,2512024 5-year
Median household income: $76,7272024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 58.5%2024 5-year
Black: 22.7%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 11.5%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+92 in 1892MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+48 in 1972MIT Election Lab

BEAN, AaronCongress 119 · Republican

−1 liberal

+1 conservative

Predecessors: RUTHERFORD, John Henry (2021–2023), RUTHERFORD, John Henry (2019–2021), RUTHERFORD, John Henry (2017–2019), CRENSHAW, Ander (2015–2017)

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

2024 results by constituent county

3 counties · 0 D · 3 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	−16.6%	211,397	296,756	513,701
2020	R	−11.6%	226,133	286,467	519,324
2016	R	−16.6%	178,989	253,586	448,193
2012	R	−17.7%	170,192	244,270	418,003
2008	R	−15.1%	175,509	238,191	416,437
2004	R	−26.8%	135,723	236,031	374,129
2000	R	−25.5%	95,310	162,289	262,204
1996	R	−13.2%	97,149	129,099	241,578
1992	R	−17.6%	78,928	120,046	234,115
1988	R	−31.6%	62,997	121,670	185,532
1984	R	−31.0%	61,824	117,404	179,254
1980	R	−8.3%	74,406	88,375	168,249
1976	D	+15.8%	86,544	62,755	150,804
1972	R	−47.8%	34,777	98,860	134,036
1968	O	+0.9%	40,952	39,736	129,673
1964	R	−1.8%	60,027	62,265	122,292
1960	D	+9.5%	53,816	44,472	98,289
1956	D	+0.6%	41,049	40,566	81,615
1952	D	+4.2%	41,503	38,186	79,689
1948	D	+23.4%	22,546	11,751	46,213
1944	D	+50.2%	28,289	9,382	37,670
1940	D	+62.7%	31,343	7,178	38,521
1936	D	+63.6%	20,072	4,465	24,537
1932	D	+51.1%	15,476	5,010	20,486
1928	R	−29.9%	7,193	13,491	21,038
1924	D	+27.0%	4,986	2,522	9,117
1920	D	+32.5%	10,768	5,288	16,870
1916	D	+52.2%	4,521	1,086	6,577
1912	D	+70.3%	3,117	230	4,106
1908	D	+49.7%	2,445	651	3,608
1904	D	+46.0%	2,128	669	3,172
1900	D	+41.0%	1,575	618	2,335
1896	D	+13.6%	1,653	1,227	3,130
1892	D	+92.1%	1,387	0	1,506
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	R	−16.1%	2,550	3,527	6,077
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

10.3%

German

9.2%

Irish

9.2%

American

7.8%

Italian

3.9%

Scottish

2.1%

Polish

1.0%

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: 38.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

1.1%

2.0%

75–84

2.7%

4.7%

65–74

5.4%

6.2%

55–64

6.7%

5.8%

45–54

6.2%

6.6%

35–44

6.8%

7.3%

25–34

7.4%

4.2%

18–24

4.0%

8.4%

5–17

8.0%

3.0%

2.9%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$76,727

Congressional District 4 ranks near the middle of US counties.

Congressional District 4$76,727

Florida$74,568

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

12.6%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1817.5%

Working age (18–64)11.3%

Seniors (65+)11.2%

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

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

85.9%

speak English only

Spanish7.3%

Other Indo-European3.3%

Asian & Pacific Islander2.4%

Other languages1.0%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Other Christian

20.4%

Baptist

15.6%

Catholic & Orthodox

13.3%

Methodist

3.3%

Mainline Protestant

2.1%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.7%

Non-Christian

1.4%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 42.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Florida's 4th congressional district, anchored in the Jacksonville suburbs and Nassau County, has posted Republican presidential margins above 20 points in recent cycles, reflecting a fast-growing exurban electorate with strong military and defense-sector ties.

The shift began with civil rights. 1980 marked the realignment in Florida 4th Congressional District, by a eight points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at forty-eight points in 1972. The 2024 margin was seventeen points.

The political shift has tracked, in Florida 4th Congressional District, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 59% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $76,727, and a 13% poverty rate describe the demographic context.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Congressional District 4, Florida vote in 2024?

In 2024, Congressional District 4, Florida voted Republican by 16.6 points (R+17), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 513,701 votes cast, 211,397 went Democratic and 296,756 went Republican.

What is Congressional District 4, Florida's political archetype?

Akashic classifies Congressional District 4, 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 18 times, Republican 16 times, and other 1 times.

When did Congressional District 4, Florida last vote Democratic?

The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 4, Florida voted Democratic was 1976.

How many people live in Congressional District 4, Florida?

Congressional District 4, Florida has a population of 1,023,251 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Congressional District 4, Florida?

Median household income in Congressional District 4, Florida is $76,727 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.

What is the political history of Congressional District 4, Florida?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 4, Florida from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 18 went Democratic and 16 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.

Florida 4th Congressional District voted Democratic for a century; it now votes Republican by 17 points.

Key facts

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