- Lead
- 22,743
- Total
- 61,076
- vs nation
- D+38.7
Florida 88th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 35,143
- Total
- 68,385
- vs nation
- D+46.9
- Lead
- 34,034
- Total
- 59,349
- vs nation
- D+55.3
- Lead
- 31,920
- Total
- 54,284
- vs nation
- D+54.9
- Lead
- 34,235
- Total
- 54,780
- vs nation
- D+55.2
- Lead
- 30,962
- Total
- 50,168
- vs nation
- D+64.2
- Lead
- 26,312
- Total
- 41,109
- vs nation
- D+63.5
- Lead
- 22,198
- Total
- 37,290
- vs nation
- D+51.0
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+37.2MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 175,9842024 5-year
- Population density
- 4,180 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 42.1 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $66,9802024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 20.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 48.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 24.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+77.2 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 99, FL · twin score 97.5
presidential history
Party record book
Florida 88th 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
80.9%
44,344 votes · D+62.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Gore, 2000 · 80.7%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
30.8%
18,839 votes · D+37.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 23.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
51,463votes
75.3% of the vote · D+51.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hillary Clinton, 2016 · 46,040 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
18,839votes
30.8% of the vote · D+37.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 16,320 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
John Kerry2004
+64.2pts D vs U.S.
Place D+61.7 · U.S. R+2.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Gore, 2000 · +63.5 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2024
−38.7pts R vs U.S.
Place D+37.2 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · −46.9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | D | 60.9%18,110 | 39.1%11,645 | 29,755 |
District 88 recorded a 37.2-point Democratic presidential margin in 2024, placing it among the state's most lopsided legislative districts. Its urban concentration drives turnout patterns that consistently outpace statewide Democratic performance.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 77.2 points in 1936. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 14.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 37.2 points.
A population of 175,984, a 20% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $66,980 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 99 and State House District 98.
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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