- Lead
- 22,368
- Total
- 81,292
- vs nation
- R+26.0
Florida 56th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 17,622
- Total
- 85,619
- vs nation
- R+25.0
- Lead
- 14,530
- Total
- 73,411
- vs nation
- R+21.9
- Lead
- 2,927
- Total
- 65,836
- vs nation
- R+8.3
- Lead
- 1,067
- Total
- 66,032
- vs nation
- R+8.9
- Lead
- 4,607
- Total
- 58,279
- vs nation
- R+5.4
- Lead
- 1,050
- Total
- 44,032
- vs nation
- D+1.9
- Lead
- 6,222
- Total
- 41,516
- vs nation
- D+6.5
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+27.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 176,2032024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,976 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 59.2 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $51,4732024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 74.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 4.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 14.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+86.2 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+40.5 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 53, FL · twin score 95.2
presidential history
Party record book
Florida 56th 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
48.9%
21,551 votes · D+2.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 48.3%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
63.2%
51,375 votes · R+27.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 59.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
33,429votes
39.0% of the vote · R+20.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 31,898 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
51,375votes
63.2% of the vote · R+27.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 51,051 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
+1.9pts D vs U.S.
Place D+2.4 · U.S. D+0.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John Kerry, 2004 · −5.4 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2024
+26.0pts R vs U.S.
Place R+27.5 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · +25.0 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.
With a 2024 presidential margin of R+27.5, this district sits well outside competitive territory, making it a benchmark for measuring GOP baseline strength in its region of Florida.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 86.2 points in 1892 and a Republican high of 40.5 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 6.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 27.5 points.
A population of 176,203, a 74% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $51,473 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 53 and State House District 79.
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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