How Atlas thought about thisplace_lookup
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
- 01lookup_geography→ miami_dade
Parameters
{ "query": "Miami-Dade County, FL", "preferred_geo_types": [ "county" ] } - 02lookup_geography→ broward
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
- 01overview
- 02shape_map
- 03comparison_table
- 04historical_trend
- 05demographic_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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}- Plan drafted
- Shape resolved — broward
- Shape resolved — miami_dade
- Section 2 · overview
- Section 3 · shape_map
- Section 4 · comparison_table
- Section 5 · historical_trend
- Section 6 · demographic_lens
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.
- D+22.9
- D+29.8
- 56.5%
- Broward
- 3 · FL
- 26.14°N, 80.21°W
- z8
- 0.81° × 0.40°
Broward County, on Florida's southeastern coast just north of Miami-Dade.
| Geography | 2016 | 2020 | 2024 | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broward | D+35.1 | D+29.8 | D+17.0 | -17.7 pts |
| Florida | R+1.2 | R+3.4 | R+13.1 | -11.9 pts |
| FL-20 | D+57.1 | D+52.3 | D+39.5 | -17.6 pts |
- Broward-17.7 pts
- D+35.1
- D+29.8
- D+17.0
- Florida-11.9 pts
- R+1.2
- R+3.4
- R+13.1
- FL-20-17.6 pts
- D+57.1
- D+52.3
- 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.
Shifted 17.7 pts left across 16 years.
- 1,977,129
- 1,548,766
- 5.0%
- $77,633
- 36.7%
- 12.2%
- 36.9%
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.