- Lead
- 33,854
- Total
- 78,775
- vs nation
- D+44.4
Florida 8th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 42,694
- Total
- 86,057
- vs nation
- D+45.2
- Lead
- 38,568
- Total
- 81,083
- vs nation
- D+45.5
- Lead
- 38,387
- Total
- 79,662
- vs nation
- D+44.3
- Lead
- 38,461
- Total
- 79,966
- vs nation
- D+40.8
- Lead
- 35,275
- Total
- 73,540
- vs nation
- D+50.4
- Lead
- 24,400
- Total
- 54,191
- vs nation
- D+44.5
- Lead
- 20,889
- Total
- 49,040
- vs nation
- D+34.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+43.0MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 175,5552024 5-year
- Population density
- 282 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 623 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $47,3482024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 34.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 50.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 9.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+94.9 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+19.8 in 1876MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 92, VA · twin score 97.1
presidential history
Party record book
Florida 8th State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
2000–2024 · 7 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
74.2%
63,847 votes · D+49.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John Kerry, 2004 · 73.7%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
27.9%
21,998 votes · D+43.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2000 · 26.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
63,847votes
74.2% of the vote · D+49.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 58,833 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
21,998votes
27.9% of the vote · D+43.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 21,153 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
John Kerry2004
+50.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+48.0 · U.S. R+2.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hillary Clinton, 2016 · +45.5 pts
Republican
John McCain2008
−40.8pts R vs U.S.
Place D+48.1 · U.S. D+7.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · −44.3 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+43.0, this district ranks among the most reliably Democratic constituencies in Florida, a pattern typically anchored by dense urban population centers and high concentrations of minority voters.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 94.9 points in 1892 and a Republican high of 19.8 points in 1876. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 6.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 43.0 points.
A population of 175,555, a 34% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $47,348 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 92 and State House District 28.
The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
District research tools
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