- Lead
- 15,453
- Total
- 96,650
- vs nation
- R+14.5
Florida 28th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 7,276
- Total
- 97,083
- vs nation
- R+12.0
- Lead
- 4,805
- Total
- 83,635
- vs nation
- R+7.8
- Lead
- 4,927
- Total
- 76,880
- vs nation
- D+2.6
- Lead
- 10,490
- Total
- 80,381
- vs nation
- D+5.8
- Lead
- 6,886
- Total
- 74,655
- vs nation
- D+11.7
- Lead
- 9,187
- Total
- 60,546
- vs nation
- D+14.7
- Lead
- 8,683
- Total
- 52,426
- vs nation
- D+8.0
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+16.0MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 178,4662024 5-year
- Population density
- 805 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 222 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $60,4872024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 68.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 16.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+85.8 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+35.2 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 30, FL · twin score 83.2
presidential history
Party record book
Florida 28th 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
Al Gore2000
56.0%
33,881 votes · D+15.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 55.5%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
57.5%
55,558 votes · R+16.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 53.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
44,641votes
55.5% of the vote · D+13.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 44,356 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
55,558votes
57.5% of the vote · R+16.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 51,632 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
+14.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+15.2 · U.S. D+0.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John Kerry, 2004 · +11.7 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2024
+14.5pts R vs U.S.
Place R+16.0 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · +12.0 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.
In 2024 it voted Republican by R+16.0, against D+13.1 in 2008, having changed party at least once across the five cycles. The district had about 107,000 residents, 70.8% White alone in the 2024 ACS 5-year.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 85.8 points in 1892 and a Republican high of 35.2 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 8.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 16.0 points.
A population of 178,466, a 68% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $60,487 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 30 and State House District 7.
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 28th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/12028/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.