Florida sees highest voter turnout since 1992; Miami-Dade comes in third-lowest

Nearly 11 million voters cast ballots in Florida on November 5, marking the third-highest turnout in the state’s history, according to the Florida Division of Elections. 78.76 percent of eligible voters cast ballots this year, according to the data. In addition to surpassing the turnout for the 2020 election, the number is the highest percentage of voters since the 1992 presidential election, in which then-Democratic Governor of Arkansas Bill Clinton defeated incumbent Republican President George H.W. Bush in a contest that drew 83 percent of Florida voters.

This makes 2024 the third-highest voter turnout in Florida, after 1992 and 1968, when Republican Richard M. Nixon defeated Democrat Hubert H. According to data from the Florida Division of Elections, 77 percent of Florida voters cast ballots in 2020, the year that then-President Trump and then-Vice President Joe Biden faced off. Nearly 2 percent more Floridians cast ballots four years later, and Trump and a number of other Republican candidates were elected.

However, the turnout in Miami-Dade County was lower in 2024 (72.35 percent) than in 2020 (74.59 percent). For the 2024 election, that makes the county’s voter turnout the third lowest in the entire state of Florida. The only counties reporting lower turnouts were DeSoto (63.91 percent) and Hardee (62.68 percent).

In addition, Broward County’s turnout of 77.04 percent was greater than that in 2020, when 76.1 percent of eligible voters cast votes. However, the remainder of South Florida may need to do more to encourage people to exercise their civic rights, especially when compared to Monroe County, which brought in 84.91 percent in 2020 and rated in the top 10 for voter turnout with 85.59 percent in 2024.