Florida 20th Congressional District (FL) — Elections 1876–2024

Florida 20th Congressional District, Florida: Urban anchor district. In 2024, voted D+10%. Democratic peak: D+59 in 1912.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: D+10MIT Election Lab
Political archetype: Urban anchorAkashic typology
Population: 2,473,7752024 5-year
Median household income: $80,1292024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 44.3%2024 5-year
Black: 24.0%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 29.3%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+59 in 1912MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+45 in 1972MIT Election Lab

CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, SheilaCongress 119 · Democratic

−1 liberal

+1 conservative

Predecessors: HASTINGS, Alcee Lamar (2021–2023), HASTINGS, Alcee Lamar (2019–2021), HASTINGS, Alcee Lamar (2017–2019), HASTINGS, Alcee Lamar (2015–2017)

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

2024 results by constituent county

2 counties · 2 D · 0 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	D	+9.8%	620,124	508,754	1,139,157
2020	D	+22.5%	742,746	468,644	1,218,691
2016	D	+26.7%	655,369	373,857	1,052,390
2012	D	+27.3%	605,752	344,698	955,846
2008	D	+29.7%	602,238	325,612	932,574
2004	D	+26.1%	552,034	321,619	881,896
2000	D	+32.5%	464,140	232,738	710,914
1996	D	+30.6%	389,062	194,310	635,707
1992	D	+17.1%	327,828	214,683	661,348
1988	R	−4.9%	256,092	282,819	541,405
1984	R	−17.2%	219,865	311,317	531,226
1980	R	−20.3%	168,511	264,004	469,308
1976	D	+2.6%	193,606	183,693	383,039
1972	R	−45.1%	81,457	216,254	298,737
1968	R	−25.3%	63,333	119,150	220,532
1964	R	−9.2%	79,341	95,492	174,833
1960	R	−18.7%	54,934	80,275	135,209
1956	R	−44.0%	21,718	55,818	77,537
1952	R	−36.6%	17,896	38,601	56,497
1948	R	−10.3%	11,520	14,655	30,497
1944	D	+13.1%	11,998	9,217	21,215
1940	D	+23.4%	12,707	7,885	20,592
1936	D	+37.5%	9,706	4,415	14,121
1932	D	+31.7%	7,626	3,958	11,584
1928	R	−31.0%	2,931	5,684	8,879
1924	R	−3.5%	1,350	1,464	3,245
1920	R	−8.7%	1,309	1,602	3,356
1916	D	+30.4%	768	325	1,458
1912	D	+58.9%	310	21	491
1908	—	No data	—	—	—
1904	—	No data	—	—	—
1900	—	No data	—	—	—
1896	—	No data	—	—	—
1892	—	No data	—	—	—
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
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.

Italian

6.7%

Irish

6.1%

American

6.0%

German

5.9%

English

4.7%

Polish

2.4%

French

1.3%

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: 43.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.2%

85+

1.8%

3.1%

75–84

3.9%

5.1%

65–74

5.9%

6.7%

55–64

6.9%

6.3%

45–54

6.5%

35–44

6.5%

6.2%

25–34

6.2%

3.8%

18–24

3.7%

7.5%

5–17

7.2%

2.7%

2.6%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$80,129

Congressional District 20 ranks near the middle of US counties.

Congressional District 20$80,129

Florida$74,568

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

11.8%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1815.6%

Working age (18–64)10.5%

Seniors (65+)15.0%

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

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

60.2%

speak English only

Spanish25.0%

Other Indo-European11.8%

Asian & Pacific Islander1.7%

Other languages1.3%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic & Orthodox

19.2%

Other Christian

11.4%

Baptist

5.3%

Non-Christian

2.7%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.4%

Mainline Protestant

1.2%

Methodist

1.0%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 57.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Florida's 20th district returned a D+40.3 margin in 2024, reflecting a heavily Black and Latino electorate concentrated in Fort Lauderdale's urban core and surrounding Broward communities.

The Democratic margin in Florida 20th Congressional District has been steady. It reached its modern peak at fifty-nine points in 1912; the 2024 margin was ten points, still in line with the district's long pattern.

Its political identity is inseparable from its demographic profile: a 44% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $80,129, and the full diversity of a major metropolitan center.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Congressional District 20, Florida vote in 2024?

In 2024, Congressional District 20, Florida voted Democratic by 9.8 points (D+10), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 1,139,157 votes cast, 620,124 went Democratic and 508,754 went Republican.

What is Congressional District 20, Florida's political archetype?

Akashic classifies Congressional District 20, Florida as a "Urban anchor" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 16 times, Republican 13 times, and other 0 times.

When did Congressional District 20, Florida last vote Republican?

The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 20, Florida voted Republican was 1988.

How many people live in Congressional District 20, Florida?

Congressional District 20, Florida has a population of 2,473,775 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Congressional District 20, Florida?

Median household income in Congressional District 20, Florida is $80,129 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.

What is the political history of Congressional District 20, Florida?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 20, Florida from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 13 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Urban anchor" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.

Florida 20th Congressional District delivered D+10 in 2024 — a Democratic stronghold for as long as anyone now living can remember.

Key facts

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