- Lead
- 35,439
- Total
- 113,378
- vs nation
- R+29.8
Florida 81st State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 28,368
- Total
- 113,380
- vs nation
- R+29.5
- Lead
- 27,695
- Total
- 97,277
- vs nation
- R+30.6
- Lead
- 27,645
- Total
- 85,097
- vs nation
- R+36.3
- Lead
- 20,264
- Total
- 80,748
- vs nation
- R+32.4
- Lead
- 24,449
- Total
- 73,338
- vs nation
- R+30.9
- Lead
- 18,663
- Total
- 52,636
- vs nation
- R+36.0
- Lead
- 12,012
- Total
- 41,382
- vs nation
- R+37.5
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+31.3MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 182,5102024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,299 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 141 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $88,0242024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 73.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 4.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 18.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+85.2 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+63.3 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 34, FL · twin score 93.1
presidential history
Party record book
Florida 81st 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
37.2%
42,173 votes · R+25.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 37.0%
Republican
George W. Bush2000
66.7%
35,109 votes · R+35.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 66.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
42,173votes
37.2% of the vote · R+25.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 38,606 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
74,045votes
65.3% of the vote · R+31.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 70,541 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
Joe Biden2020
−29.5pts D vs U.S.
Place R+25.0 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · −29.8 pts
Republican
Mitt Romney2012
+36.3pts R vs U.S.
Place R+32.5 · U.S. D+3.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2000 · +36.0 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Florida 81st 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 85.2 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 63.3 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 6.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 31.3 points.
A population of 182,510, a 73% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $88,024 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 34 and State House District 86.
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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