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1876–2024
Nassau County, Florida
Nassau County·Florida

Nassau County voted Democratic for a century. The shift began with civil rights.

One of Florida's most lopsided presidential margins in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Nassau County, Florida · Georgia Guercio · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+47
in 2024
Archetype
Old Confederacy
since the recent cycles
Population
97,859
2024 ACS
Most similar
Lipscomb County
TX · similarity 1.00
18 precincts · 65,610 votes cast
Trump · R+47
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−46.9%
17,13747,93765,610
2020R
−45.9%
15,56442,56658,811
2016R
−50.2%
10,86934,26646,607
2012R
−48.6%
10,25129,92940,528
2008R
−43.8%
10,61827,40338,304
2004R
−46.5%
8,57323,78332,743
2000R
−39.7%
6,95516,40823,787
1996R
−23.0%
7,27712,14121,167
1992R
−21.3%
5,5039,36718,174
1988R
−33.6%
4,1438,37412,575
1984R
−39.5%
3,4848,03911,524
1980R
−3.4%
5,0745,44010,751
1976D
+30.2%
5,8963,1369,140
1972R
−59.2%
1,2935,0786,392
1968D
+4.5%
1,5981,3016,533
1964R
−6.0%
2,7813,1345,915
1960D
+32.7%
3,2821,6664,948
1956D
+23.4%
2,7651,7174,482
1952D
+18.4%
2,5101,7314,241
1948D
+35.5%
1,5185402,755
1944D
+56.4%
1,8925272,419
1940D
+63.5%
1,8884212,309
1936D
+63.8%
1,0952421,337
1932D
+60.6%
1,2062961,502
1928R
−31.5%
4458631,325
1924D
+66.8%
617106765
1920D
+49.6%
9002811,248
1916D
+54.6%
42094597
1912D
+75.8%
44138532
1908D
+60.2%
46692621
1904D
+45.9%
509161758
1900
No data
1896
No data
1892
No data
1888
No data
1884R
−8.5%
7619021,663
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
African American
4.5%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
14.0%
Catholic & Orthodox
10.1%
Other Christian
9.7%
Mainline Protestant
2.5%
Methodist
2.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 59.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

A fast-growing coastal county wedged between Jacksonville and the Georgia line, Nassau delivered a nearly 47-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, reflecting a rural-exurban electorate that has trended sharply rightward over the past decade.

The shift began with civil rights. 1980 marked the realignment in Nassau County, by a three points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at fifty-nine points in 1972. The 2024 margin was forty-seven points.

The political shift has tracked, in Nassau County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 85% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $89,804, and a 10% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lipscomb County and Gray County.