| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 3,231 | 5,872 | 9,154 | |
| 2020 | R | 3,747 | 5,576 | 9,380 | |
| 2016 | R | 3,526 | 4,851 | 8,505 | |
| 2012 | R | 4,176 | 4,474 | 8,715 | |
| 2008 | R | 4,270 | 4,544 | 8,907 | |
| 2004 | R | 4,050 | 4,191 | 8,304 | |
| 2000 | R | 3,015 | 3,038 | 6,163 | |
| 1996 | D | 2,794 | 2,195 | 5,587 | |
| 1992 | D | 2,648 | 2,007 | 5,838 | |
| 1988 | R | 1,951 | 2,563 | 4,529 | |
| 1984 | R | 2,101 | 2,819 | 4,920 | |
| 1980 | D | 3,134 | 2,280 | 5,509 | |
| 1976 | D | 3,218 | 1,761 | 5,040 | |
| 1972 | R | 1,187 | 3,236 | 4,438 | |
| 1968 | D | 1,378 | 654 | 4,735 | |
| 1964 | R | 2,121 | 2,822 | 4,943 | |
| 1960 | D | 2,084 | 1,152 | 3,236 | |
| 1956 | D | 2,064 | 1,017 | 3,081 | |
| 1952 | D | 1,625 | 1,209 | 2,834 | |
| 1948 | D | 1,189 | 207 | 2,300 | |
| 1944 | D | 1,914 | 293 | 2,207 | |
| 1940 | D | 2,421 | 440 | 2,861 | |
| 1936 | D | 2,278 | 184 | 2,462 | |
| 1932 | D | 1,602 | 221 | 1,823 | |
| 1928 | D | 769 | 266 | 1,035 | |
| 1924 | D | 538 | 23 | 593 | |
| 1920 | D | 920 | 30 | 986 | |
| 1916 | D | 721 | 22 | 803 | |
| 1912 | D | 480 | 16 | 548 | |
| 1908 | D | 511 | 32 | 595 | |
| 1904 | D | 595 | 66 | 678 | |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1896 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1892 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1888 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1884 | R | 558 | 590 | 1,148 | |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1876 | — | — | — | — |
Madison County's small, agriculture-rooted population of under 19,000 has shifted steadily toward lopsided Republican margins over the past decade, reflecting broader rural realignment patterns across the Florida Panhandle and Big Bend region.
The shift began with civil rights. 2000 marked the realignment in Madison County, by a zero points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at forty-six points in 1972. The 2024 margin was twenty-nine points.
The political shift has tracked, in Madison County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 56% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $48,485, and a 21% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Clark County and Roscommon County.