- Lead
- 12,737
- Total
- 78,247
- vs nation
- R+14.8
Florida 71st State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 8,028
- Total
- 84,873
- vs nation
- R+13.9
- Lead
- 7,685
- Total
- 76,628
- vs nation
- R+12.1
- Lead
- 3,376
- Total
- 66,043
- vs nation
- R+9.0
- Lead
- 294
- Total
- 65,693
- vs nation
- R+6.8
- Lead
- 4,104
- Total
- 61,543
- vs nation
- R+4.2
- Lead
- 409
- Total
- 47,712
- vs nation
- R+1.4
- Lead
- 1,926
- Total
- 42,093
- vs nation
- R+3.9
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+16.3MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 175,4602024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,454 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 71.5 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $65,8892024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 62.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 11.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 21.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+81.6 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+55.2 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 72, FL · twin score 85.7
presidential history
Party record book
Florida 71st 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
49.7%
32,634 votes · D+0.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Gore, 2000 · 48.0%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
57.6%
45,102 votes · R+16.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 54.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
38,008votes
44.8% of the vote · R+9.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hillary Clinton, 2016 · 33,126 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
46,036votes
54.2% of the vote · R+9.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 45,102 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
−1.4pts D vs U.S.
Place R+0.9 · U.S. D+0.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John Kerry, 2004 · −4.2 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2024
+14.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+16.3 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · +13.9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | R | 40.4%35,394 | 59.6%52,285 | 87,679 |
| 2018 | R | 41.6%27,619 | 58.4%38,839 | 66,458 |
Florida 71st 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 81.6 points in 1892 and a Republican high of 55.2 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 6.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 16.3 points.
A population of 175,460, a 62% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $65,889 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 72 and State House District 78.
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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