- Lead
- 8,383
- Total
- 98,579
- vs nation
- R+7.0
Florida 61st State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 5,539
- Total
- 107,916
- vs nation
- R+9.6
- Lead
- 5,816
- Total
- 95,578
- vs nation
- R+8.2
- Lead
- 474
- Total
- 88,289
- vs nation
- R+3.3
- Lead
- 2,911
- Total
- 89,546
- vs nation
- R+4.0
- Lead
- 4,508
- Total
- 88,284
- vs nation
- R+2.6
- Lead
- 722
- Total
- 77,369
- vs nation
- R+1.5
- Lead
- 2,973
- Total
- 72,475
- vs nation
- R+4.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+8.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 175,3212024 5-year
- Population density
- 4,049 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 43.3 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $75,3132024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 77.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 4.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 9.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+45.7 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+60.0 in 1928MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 57, FL · twin score 92.5
presidential history
Party record book
Florida 61st 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
51.0%
45,690 votes · D+3.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 49.7%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
53.7%
52,985 votes · R+8.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 52.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
50,576votes
46.9% of the vote · R+5.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 45,690 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
56,115votes
52.0% of the vote · R+5.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 52,985 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
−1.5pts D vs U.S.
Place R+0.9 · U.S. D+0.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John Kerry, 2004 · −2.6 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2020
+9.6pts R vs U.S.
Place R+5.1 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · +8.2 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 | R | 48.8%44,973 | 51.2%47,251 | 92,224 |
Florida 61st State House District sits in the Gulf South and peninsula. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 45.7 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 60.0 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 8.5 points.
A population of 175,321, a 77% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $75,313 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 57 and State House District 73.
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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