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1876–2024
State House District 1·Florida

Florida 1st State House District voted Democratic for a century; it now votes Republican by 20 points.

Miami's most Democratic state house seat by a wide margin

1876 — 2024·38 elections
FL
Latest
R+20
in 2024
Archetype
Old Confederacy
since the recent cycles
Population
248,009
2024 ACS

Florida 1st State House District, Florida: Old Confederacy district. In 2024, voted R+20%. Democratic peak: D+95 in 1892.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+20MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
Population
248,0092024 5-year
Median household income
$67,5002024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
63.5%2024 5-year
Black
20.9%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
7.0%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+95 in 1892MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+60 in 1972MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
1 counties · 0 D · 1 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−19.5%
49,13673,333123,797
R
−15.1%
53,97373,564129,644
R
−20.6%
43,72567,578116,020
R
−20.6%
44,27667,504113,002
R
−19.3%
46,85369,559117,526
R
−31.6%
36,77671,199109,027
R
−27.5%
31,19155,67988,921
R
−21.5%
28,79346,41582,125
R
−19.8%
24,38440,23080,067
R
−36.6%
22,81149,43072,640
R
−42.7%
20,40250,76671,186
R
−20.6%
25,50239,41267,388
R
−4.0%
29,12831,55761,420
R
−59.6%
10,71342,66753,619
O
+1.7%
12,38911,48252,026
R
−12.2%
19,30624,66543,971
D
+22.4%
21,52613,64035,166
D
+25.6%
16,98410,06527,049
D
+25.5%
15,5969,26524,861
D
+48.4%
10,6402,48616,859
D
+67.2%
12,3582,42814,786
D
+75.6%
12,3281,71114,039
D
+70.7%
6,9541,1928,146
D
+57.7%
4,7041,2625,966
R
−8.1%
2,8703,3816,341
D
+23.4%
1,7439693,304
D
+42.2%
2,6529344,067
D
+63.9%
1,6613172,104
D
+73.6%
1,212551,572
D
+34.8%
1,4365462,554
D
+49.8%
1,1973781,643
D
+44.4%
1,0923291,720
D
+63.1%
9781771,269
D
+95.4%
1,99102,087
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No data
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D
+0.9%
1,4431,4162,859
—
No data
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No data
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
11.4%
German
11.3%
Irish
10.9%
American
5.9%
Italian
4.0%
Scottish
2.3%
French
2.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 38.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.7%
85+
1.3%
2.2%
75–84
3.0%
4.8%
65–74
5.8%
6.2%
55–64
6.8%
5.3%
45–54
5.6%
6.0%
35–44
5.9%
7.4%
25–34
7.1%
5.9%
18–24
4.9%
7.8%
5–17
7.4%
2.9%
<5
2.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$67,500
State House District 1 ranks near the middle of US counties.
State House District 1$67,500
Florida$74,568
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
14.7%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1822.4%
Working age (18–64)12.7%
Seniors (65+)11.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
91.4%
speak English only
Spanish4.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander2.1%
Other Indo-European1.5%
Other languages0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
22.2%
Baptist
12.0%
Catholic & Orthodox
8.5%
Methodist
5.0%
Mainline Protestant
2.7%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.6%
Non-Christian
0.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 46.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Anchored in Miami-Dade County, this district posted a 21-point Democratic presidential margin in 2024, making it one of the most reliably left-leaning legislative districts in a state that has otherwise trended sharply rightward.

The shift began with civil rights. 1964 marked the realignment in Florida 1st State House District, by a twelve points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at sixty points in 1972. The 2024 margin was twenty points.

The political shift has tracked, in Florida 1st State House District, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 64% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $67,500, and a 15% poverty rate describe the demographic context.

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Frequently asked questions

How did State House District 1, Florida vote in 2024?
In 2024, State House District 1, Florida voted Republican by 19.5 points (R+20), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 123,797 votes cast, 49,136 went Democratic and 73,333 went Republican.
What is State House District 1, Florida's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State House District 1, Florida as a "Old Confederacy" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 18 times, Republican 16 times, and other 1 times.
When did State House District 1, Florida last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which State House District 1, Florida voted Democratic was 1960.
How many people live in State House District 1, Florida?
State House District 1, Florida has a population of 248,009 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in State House District 1, Florida?
Median household income in State House District 1, Florida is $67,500 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of State House District 1, Florida?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in State House District 1, Florida from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 18 went Democratic and 16 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.