- Lead
- 6,201
- Total
- 97,902
- vs nation
- R+4.9
Florida 65th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 4,432
- Total
- 104,383
- vs nation
- R+0.2
- Lead
- 1,885
- Total
- 87,986
- vs nation
- D+0.1
- Lead
- 1,529
- Total
- 79,756
- vs nation
- R+1.9
- Lead
- 1,794
- Total
- 75,635
- vs nation
- R+4.9
- Lead
- 7,858
- Total
- 68,234
- vs nation
- R+9.1
- Lead
- 4,146
- Total
- 53,208
- vs nation
- R+8.3
- Lead
- 983
- Total
- 46,069
- vs nation
- R+10.7
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+6.3MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 176,6082024 5-year
- Population density
- 3,612 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 48.9 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $109,6652024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 64.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 5.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 18.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+94.0 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+44.7 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 69, FL · twin score 80.6
presidential history
Party record book
Florida 65th 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
51.4%
53,674 votes · D+4.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 50.4%
Republican
George W. Bush2004
55.3%
37,735 votes · R+11.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 52.5%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
53,674votes
51.4% of the vote · D+4.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 45,169 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
51,370votes
52.5% of the vote · R+6.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 49,242 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
Hillary Clinton2016
+0.1pts D vs U.S.
Place D+2.1 · U.S. D+2.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · −0.2 pts
Republican
George W. Bush2004
+9.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+11.5 · U.S. R+2.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2000 · +8.3 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.
The district recorded a Republican presidential margin of R+6.3 in 2024 and D+2.4 in 2008, switching sides at least once in between. About 74,700 residents lived here, with White alone at 50.5% in the 2024 ACS 5-year.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 94.0 points in 1892 and a Republican high of 44.7 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 10.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 6.3 points.
A population of 176,608, a 65% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $109,665 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 69 and State House District 66.
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 65th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/12065/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.