- Lead
- 10,668
- Total
- 100,198
- vs nation
- R+9.2
Florida 87th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 493
- Total
- 103,894
- vs nation
- R+4.9
- Lead
- 28
- Total
- 88,555
- vs nation
- R+2.1
- Lead
- 1,078
- Total
- 79,924
- vs nation
- R+2.5
- Lead
- 5,834
- Total
- 77,870
- vs nation
- D+0.2
- Lead
- 4,209
- Total
- 71,965
- vs nation
- D+8.3
- Lead
- 6,848
- Total
- 57,329
- vs nation
- D+11.4
- Lead
- 5,287
- Total
- 53,312
- vs nation
- D+1.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+10.6MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 182,8802024 5-year
- Population density
- 3,451 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 53 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $94,0692024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 68.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 7.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 18.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+33.7 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+57.0 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 91, FL · twin score 98.0
presidential history
Party record book
Florida 87th 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
Al Gore2000
54.0%
30,948 votes · D+11.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 53.3%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
54.8%
54,861 votes · R+10.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 49.8%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
51,261votes
49.3% of the vote · R+0.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 44,193 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
54,861votes
54.8% of the vote · R+10.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 51,754 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
+11.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+11.9 · U.S. D+0.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John Kerry, 2004 · +8.3 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2024
+9.2pts R vs U.S.
Place R+10.6 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · +4.9 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.
The district recorded a Republican presidential margin of R+10.6 in 2024 and D+7.5 in 2008, switching sides at least once in between. About 45,000 residents lived here, with White alone at 53.4% in the 2024 ACS 5-year.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 33.7 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 57.0 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 10.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 10.6 points.
A population of 182,880, a 68% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $94,069 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 91 and State House District 100.
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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