Who won Florida in the 1904 presidential election?

Parker (Democratic) carried Florida in 1904, winning its 5 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Florida have in 1904?

Florida cast 5 electoral votes in the 1904 presidential election.

Did Florida vote for the national winner in 1904?

No. Florida backed Parker, while Theodore Roosevelt won the presidency nationally.

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1904

Florida: Parker carries 5 EV.

Florida cast its 5 electoral votes for Parker (Democratic). National winner: Theodore Roosevelt (Republican) — Florida voted against the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Florida, 1904

In 1904, Florida awarded its 5 electoral votes to Parker of the Democratic party. Nationally the result broke the other way — Theodore Roosevelt (Republican) won the presidency, leaving Florida among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 7th consecutive election in which Florida backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1880. Florida did not move alone — neighboring Alabama and Georgia broke the same way in 1904. Across the 45 presidential elections Florida has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (28 times). The vote fell within the Progressive Era — Trust-busting, suffrage, and World War I.

In the national count, Theodore Roosevelt took 336 of the 476 electoral votes, against Alton B. Parker's 140. Theodore Roosevelt led the national popular vote with 56.42% of the ballots cast.

The 1904 national map

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