- Lead
- 14,927
- Total
- 98,975
- vs nation
- D+16.6
Florida 42nd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 19,129
- Total
- 104,694
- vs nation
- D+13.8
- Lead
- 11,040
- Total
- 91,002
- vs nation
- D+10.0
- Lead
- 3,939
- Total
- 78,213
- vs nation
- D+1.2
- Lead
- 4,278
- Total
- 77,298
- vs nation
- R+1.7
- Lead
- 8,732
- Total
- 66,408
- vs nation
- R+10.7
- Lead
- 5,280
- Total
- 48,097
- vs nation
- R+11.5
- Lead
- 4,818
- Total
- 39,951
- vs nation
- R+20.6
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+15.1MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 180,5282024 5-year
- Population density
- 3,882 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 46.5 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $92,2132024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 62.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 8.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 20.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+93.7 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+67.0 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 45, FL · twin score 86.2
presidential history
Party record book
Florida 42nd 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
58.5%
61,213 votes · D+18.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 56.9%
Republican
George W. Bush2004
56.2%
37,346 votes · R+13.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2000 · 54.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
61,213votes
58.5% of the vote · D+18.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 56,288 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
42,084votes
40.2% of the vote · D+18.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 41,361 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
Kamala Harris2024
+16.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+15.1 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +13.8 pts
Republican
George W. Bush2000
+11.5pts R vs U.S.
Place R+11.0 · U.S. D+0.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · +10.7 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.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | D | 57.5%41,332 | 42.5%30,510 | 71,842 |
| 2020 | D | 62.7%48,745 | 37.3%29,053 | 77,798 |
Florida House District 42 backed the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee by 15 points, making it a reliable anchor of the minority caucus in a chamber where such margins are increasingly rare.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 93.7 points in 1892 and a Republican high of 67.0 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 15.1 points.
A population of 180,528, a 62% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $92,213 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 45 and State House District 39.
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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