- Lead
- 14,407
- Total
- 89,842
- vs nation
- R+14.6
Florida 59th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 10,217
- Total
- 97,317
- vs nation
- R+15.0
- Lead
- 9,610
- Total
- 86,971
- vs nation
- R+13.1
- Lead
- 3,810
- Total
- 80,436
- vs nation
- R+8.6
- Lead
- 1,700
- Total
- 81,167
- vs nation
- R+9.4
- Lead
- 8,185
- Total
- 80,622
- vs nation
- R+7.7
- Lead
- 4,208
- Total
- 69,787
- vs nation
- R+6.5
- Lead
- 373
- Total
- 66,310
- vs nation
- R+9.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+16.0MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 178,2352024 5-year
- Population density
- 4,174 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 42.7 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $69,3922024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 74.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 6.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 11.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+55.1 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+59.0 in 1928MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 58, FL · twin score 97.4
presidential history
Party record book
Florida 59th 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
48.3%
39,181 votes · R+2.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 46.9%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
57.4%
51,612 votes · R+16.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 54.7%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
43,063votes
44.3% of the vote · R+10.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 39,181 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
53,280votes
54.7% of the vote · R+10.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 51,612 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
−6.5pts D vs U.S.
Place R+6.0 · U.S. D+0.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John Kerry, 2004 · −7.7 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2020
+15.0pts R vs U.S.
Place R+10.5 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · +14.6 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
District 59 recorded an R+16.0 presidential margin in 2024, placing it among the most heavily one-sided state house districts in Florida. That concentration of partisan uniformity makes it an outlier even within a state trending strongly rightward.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 55.1 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 59.0 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 5.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 16.0 points.
A population of 178,235, a 74% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $69,392 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 58 and State House District 57.
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 59th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/12059/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.