President Trump made history in Florida Tuesday night.
For the first time since 1988, Miami-Dade County, the Sunshine State’s most populous county, went to the Republican candidate.
According to Wikipedia, Miami-Dade is the nation’s seventh most populous county.
It’s a reflection of Florida’s transformation into a solidly red state.
NBC 6 South Florida reports:
On Tuesday, Trump became the first Republican presidential candidate to win the county in 36 years. The last Republican to win Miami-Dade was George H.W. Bush in 1988.
On Nov. 5, what the Democrats feared came to pass: a wave of red swept across Miami-Dade.
Trump brought in 55.2% of the county votes, while Kamala Harris logged 43.71%, an abysmal showing compared to 2016, when Trump received 333,999 votes and Hillary Clinton brought in 624,146.
In 2020, President Joe Biden got 617,864 votes, or 53.4% of the total in Miami-Dade County. Trump got 532,833 for 46.1%.
Trump’s win in Miami-Dade mirrored his win in the state, where he received 54.8% of the vote, while Harris got 44.2%. In 2016, Trump won the state over Clinton with 49.02% of the vote to Clinton’s 47.82%. In 2020, Trump, with 51.2% of the vote, defeated Biden’s 47.9%.
Meanwhile, Miami-Dade Republican Representatives Maria Elvira Salazar, Carlos Gimenez and Mario Diaz-Balart were re-elected with large majorities to the U.S. House of Representatives. And Republican Sen. Rick Scott triumphed over Debbie Murcasel-Powell, despite some polls that said the race was close, in what was a painful defeat for the former congresswoman.
Trump is up 11 points in the heavily Latino Miami-Dade country with 80% of the votes counted.
Per Florida’s Voice:
The most decisive flip for Trump was Miami-Dade County, which he won by 11.5 points.
For comparison, President Joe Biden won that county in 2020 by seven points, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton won it by 30 points.
With a heavy Hispanic and Cuban population, the demographic shift in Trump’s favor fueled him to win the county by approximately the same margin as Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2022.
Trump also flipped Osceola County, which has a heavy Puerto Rican population and is situated just south of Orlando – a deep-blue area.
In 2020, Biden won the county by 14 points; Trump won it in 2024 by around 1.5 points.
Trump additionally flipped other “purple” counties – including Duval, Hillsborough and Pinellas – all won by Biden in 2020.
His most decisive victory of the three was Pinellas, which he took by nearly 5.5 points after losing it by just 0.2 points in 2020.
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