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1876–2024
Congressional District 8·Florida

Florida 8th Congressional District has voted Republican in twenty straight presidential cycles.

1876 — 2024·38 elections
FL
Latest
R+17
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
983,435
2024 ACS

Florida 8th Congressional District, Florida: Republican loyalist district. In 2024, voted R+17%. Democratic peak: D+90 in 1892.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+17MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Republican loyalistAkashic typology
Population
983,4352024 5-year
Median household income
$77,8622024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
67.9%2024 5-year
Black
11.5%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
16.5%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+90 in 1892MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+58 in 1972MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
7 counties · 1 D · 6 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).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−17.2%
219,337311,459536,117
R
−11.4%
235,697297,374539,043
R
−14.0%
189,900254,825462,937
R
−10.0%
184,644226,279415,224
R
−7.1%
191,407221,076416,196
R
−14.8%
158,400214,032375,305
R
−8.6%
134,614160,678303,077
R
−5.2%
109,993123,969267,948
R
−12.4%
83,772117,300269,399
R
−40.7%
60,198144,112206,052
R
−46.4%
51,806141,424193,300
R
−27.2%
52,85495,941158,227
R
−0.7%
62,22863,080127,298
R
−57.6%
23,14686,311109,640
R
−25.1%
24,27549,991102,599
R
−3.0%
34,73036,84371,573
R
−26.3%
16,50228,26344,766
R
−43.2%
7,44218,74226,184
R
−30.2%
7,25113,53320,784
R
−2.5%
4,6604,94311,215
D
+20.0%
5,4423,6309,072
D
+21.7%
6,0833,9129,994
D
+33.6%
4,4832,2286,711
D
+34.3%
3,7691,8425,611
R
−25.7%
2,0473,4925,632
D
+19.1%
1,1077222,018
D
+14.4%
1,1488402,135
D
+46.7%
7572261,138
D
+51.8%
51489820
D
+16.3%
413286780
D
+57.4%
662164867
D
+51.5%
620171871
D
+20.8%
6414081,119
D
+89.6%
5920661
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D
+36.8%
539249788
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No data
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No data
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
12.0%
English
12.0%
Irish
11.9%
American
7.5%
Italian
6.8%
Polish
2.6%
French
1.9%
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: 46.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
1.2%
85+
1.8%
3.6%
75–84
4.1%
6.3%
65–74
7.1%
7.2%
55–64
7.8%
5.7%
45–54
6.0%
5.9%
35–44
5.9%
6.0%
25–34
5.8%
3.9%
18–24
3.6%
7.0%
5–17
6.7%
2.3%
<5
2.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$77,862
Congressional District 8 ranks near the middle of US counties.
Congressional District 8$77,862
Florida$74,568
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
10.9%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1814.8%
Working age (18–64)10.2%
Seniors (65+)9.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
82.6%
speak English only
Spanish11.5%
Other Indo-European3.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.6%
Other languages0.5%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
19.8%
Other Christian
12.0%
Baptist
4.8%
Methodist
2.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.2%
Mainline Protestant
2.1%
Non-Christian
1.9%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 54.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Florida 8th Congressional District sits in the Gulf South and peninsula. Its political identity has been Republican for as long as anyone now living can remember. 4 consecutive presidential elections in modern records have gone for the Republican candidate, often by margins that would be considered landslide territory anywhere else.

The Republican margin in Florida 8th Congressional District reached its widest at fifty-eight points in 1972. The margin in 2024 was seventeen points, in line with the district's deep historical pattern.

Its loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $77,862, a 68% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 983,435 together describe a district whose political habits are deeply settled.

Cite this page
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Congressional District 8, Florida — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cd/1208/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Congressional District 8, Florida vote in 2024?
In 2024, Congressional District 8, Florida voted Republican by 17.2 points (R+17), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 536,117 votes cast, 219,337 went Democratic and 311,459 went Republican.
What is Congressional District 8, Florida's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Congressional District 8, Florida as a "Republican loyalist" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 14 times, Republican 21 times, and other 0 times.
When did Congressional District 8, Florida last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 8, Florida voted Democratic was 1944.
How many people live in Congressional District 8, Florida?
Congressional District 8, Florida has a population of 983,435 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Congressional District 8, Florida?
Median household income in Congressional District 8, Florida is $77,862 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Congressional District 8, Florida?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 8, Florida from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 21 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Republican loyalist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.