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Compare Miami-Dade to Broward County
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Question interpretation

Direct comparison of Miami-Dade County and Broward County, Florida — presidential margin history, demographics, and how the two neighboring counties differ.

Ambiguity notes

  • No specific year or office provided; defaulting to presidential results across the full 2008-2024 cycle range.
  • Comparing at full county level (not precincts, cities, or subdivisions within each county).

Resolution strategy

  1. 01lookup_geographymiami_dade
    Parameters
    {
      "query": "Miami-Dade County, FL",
      "preferred_geo_types": [
        "county"
      ]
    }
  2. 02lookup_geographybroward
    Parameters
    {
      "query": "Broward County, FL",
      "preferred_geo_types": [
        "county"
      ]
    }

Plus 2 comparison shapes: containing_state, national.

Data pulls

  • reaggregationmiami_dade · 2024, 2020, 2016, 2012, 2008
  • demographicsmiami_dade
  • historymiami_dade · 2024, 2020, 2016, 2012, 2008
  • reaggregationbroward · 2024, 2020, 2016, 2012, 2008
  • demographicsbroward
  • historybroward · 2024, 2020, 2016, 2012, 2008

Sections

  1. 01
    overview
  2. 02
    shape_map
  3. 03
    comparison_table
  4. 04
    historical_trend
  5. 05
    demographic_lens

Narrative angle

Headline emphasis. 2024 margin for each county and the magnitude of their divergence since 2016

Frame. Two neighboring South Florida counties with different demographic compositions and diverging partisan trajectories.

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  1. Plan drafted
  2. Shape resolved — broward
  3. Shape resolved — miami_dade
  4. Section 2 · overview
  5. Section 3 · shape_map
  6. Section 4 · comparison_table
  7. Section 5 · historical_trend
  8. Section 6 · demographic_lens
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Two neighboring South Florida counties with different demographic compositions and diverging partisan trajectories.

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Two neighboring South Florida counties with different demographic compositions and diverging partisan trajectories.

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overview02
D+17.0
Lean Score
D+22.9
2020 margin
D+29.8
2024 turnout
56.5%

1977K pop

high confidence
shape map03
Primary shape
Broward
Comparison outlines
3 · FL
Center
26.14°N, 80.21°W
Zoom
z8
Extent
0.81° × 0.40°

Broward County, on Florida's southeastern coast just north of Miami-Dade.

comparison table04
  • Broward-17.7 pts
    2016
    D+35.1
    2020
    D+29.8
    2024
    D+17.0
  • Florida-11.9 pts
    2016
    R+1.2
    2020
    R+3.4
    2024
    R+13.1
  • FL-20-17.6 pts
    2016
    D+57.1
    2020
    D+52.3
    2024
    D+39.5

Florida is the outlier at R+13.1, the only row on the R side while Broward sits at D+17.0 and FL-20 at D+39.5. The state shifted 11.9 points right, a smaller move than Broward's 17.7 or FL-20's 17.6. Turnout landed at 56.5% in Broward, 50.6% in FL-20, and 62.0% statewide.

historical trend05

Shifted 17.7 pts left across 16 years.

DR20242008: D+34.72012: D+34.92016: D+35.12020: D+29.82024: D+17.020082024
D+34.7 in 2008, D+17.0 in 2024, shifted 17.7 points left; inflection at 2024.
2008D+34.72012D+34.92016D+35.12020D+29.82024D+17.0
demographic lens06
race composition
white 37.8%Black 28.0%Hispanic 32.8%Asian 3.8%

No comparison geography available.

population
1,977,129
voting-age population
1,548,766
non-Hispanic white (approx.)
5.0%
median household income
$77,633
bachelor's+
36.7%
poverty rate
12.2%
foreign-born
36.9%
  • Direct lookup at county geo_id county:2020:12011.
  • pct_non_hispanic_white is approximate: computed as (pop_white - pop_hispanic) / total_population. PL 94-171 race/ethnicity cross-tabs are not available at block-group resolution.
  • median_age not aggregated at block-group level in v1; returned null.
  • No containing-geography race breakdown available; contrasting_dimension omitted.

Plurality white at 37.8%, with Hispanic residents at 32.8% and Black residents at 28.0% across 1.98M people. Non-Hispanic white share drops to roughly 5.0% once Hispanic origin is separated out, and 36.9% of residents are foreign-born. Median household income sits at $77,633 with 36.7% of adults holding a bachelor's degree.