- Lead
- 28,957
- Total
- 100,581
- vs nation
- R+27.3
Florida 26th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 23,111
- Total
- 95,467
- vs nation
- R+28.7
- Lead
- 21,301
- Total
- 80,326
- vs nation
- R+28.6
- Lead
- 14,695
- Total
- 71,384
- vs nation
- R+24.4
- Lead
- 11,856
- Total
- 69,347
- vs nation
- R+24.4
- Lead
- 14,236
- Total
- 58,595
- vs nation
- R+21.8
- Lead
- 7,902
- Total
- 42,023
- vs nation
- R+19.3
- Lead
- 3,539
- Total
- 35,015
- vs nation
- R+18.6
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+28.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 177,2792024 5-year
- Population density
- 821 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 216 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $62,0912024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 70.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 11.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 12.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+82.6 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+67.5 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 23, FL · twin score 90.5
presidential history
Party record book
Florida 26th 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
Barack Obama2008
40.8%
28,306 votes · R+17.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Gore, 2000 · 39.2%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
63.8%
64,169 votes · R+28.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · 61.7%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
35,760votes
37.5% of the vote · R+24.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 35,212 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
64,169votes
63.8% of the vote · R+28.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 58,871 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
Al Gore2000
−19.3pts D vs U.S.
Place R+18.8 · U.S. D+0.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John Kerry, 2004 · −21.8 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2020
+28.7pts R vs U.S.
Place R+24.2 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · +28.6 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 R+28.8, this district ranks among the state's most one-sided legislative constituencies, suggesting a voter base where statewide and local Republican candidates typically run well ahead of competitive thresholds.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 82.6 points in 1892 and a Republican high of 67.5 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 4.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 28.8 points.
A population of 177,279, a 71% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $62,091 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 23 and State House District 76.
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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Florida 26th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/12026/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.