How did Donald Trump perform in Manatee County this election compared to 2020 and 2016?
Continuing a trend that dates back several decades, Manatee County voters chose the Republican nominee in Tuesday’s presidential election.
Manatee County has voted for a Republican in every presidential election dating back to 1944, according to USElectionAtlas.org.
Former President Donald Trump had more than 136,000 votes from Manatee County voters, according to preliminary results, en route to picking up Florida’s 30 electoral votes and winning the White House. Trump had more than 61% of the vote in Manatee County.
With all of Manatee County’s precincts reporting Tuesday evening, Vice President Kamala Harris won 37.63% of the vote.
As of Tuesday, there are 281,798 registered voters in Manatee County, according to the county’s Supervisor of Elections website. Of those, 136,575 are registered Republicans, with 71,611 registered as Democrats and 76,015 registered as another designation.
Nearly 172,000 eligible voters made their decision prior to Tuesday’s general election.
So how did Trump’s performance this year compare to his last two presidential elections?
2020
In 2020, Trump lost his presidential re-election bid but carried Manatee County and Florida. A total of 124,987 (57.6%) voters picked Trump over Joe Biden, who became the country’s 46th president, according to CNN.
Both the total number of voters and percentage were higher for Trump in Manatee County for the 2020 presidential election compared to 2016.
2016
Trump carried Florida en route to becoming the 45th President of the United States in the 2016 election. Manatee County voters pulled the lever for Trump at a 56.4% clip that year, according to the New York Times.
A total of 101,944 Manatee residents voted for Trump compared to 71,224 (39.4%) for his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, and 4,177 (2.3%) for Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson.
This story was originally published November 5, 2024 at 9:46 PM.
