- Lead
- 15,838
- Total
- 83,749
- vs nation
- D+20.4
Florida 96th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 28,485
- Total
- 92,180
- vs nation
- D+26.4
- Lead
- 27,101
- Total
- 80,720
- vs nation
- D+31.5
- Lead
- 24,437
- Total
- 73,448
- vs nation
- D+29.4
- Lead
- 23,629
- Total
- 71,294
- vs nation
- D+25.9
- Lead
- 19,218
- Total
- 68,920
- vs nation
- D+30.3
- Lead
- 19,473
- Total
- 56,027
- vs nation
- D+34.2
- Lead
- 16,579
- Total
- 49,193
- vs nation
- D+25.2
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+18.9MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 180,5032024 5-year
- Population density
- 217 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 832 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $85,5362024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 34.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 23.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 31.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+44.2 in 1916MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+46.5 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 95, FL · twin score 97.8
presidential history
Party record book
Florida 96th 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
66.3%
37,137 votes · D+34.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 66.2%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
40.0%
33,494 votes · D+18.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 35.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
60,021votes
65.1% of the vote · D+30.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hillary Clinton, 2016 · 52,983 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
33,494votes
40.0% of the vote · D+18.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 31,536 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
+34.2pts D vs U.S.
Place D+34.8 · U.S. D+0.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hillary Clinton, 2016 · +31.5 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2024
−20.4pts R vs U.S.
Place D+18.9 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · −25.9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | D | 55.7%32,521 | 44.3%25,872 | 58,393 |
Florida House District 96 delivered an 18.9-point Democratic presidential margin in 2024, reflecting a dense, majority-minority electorate typical of Miami-Dade's inner urban neighborhoods.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 44.2 points in 1916 and a Republican high of 46.5 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 12.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 18.9 points.
A population of 180,503, a 35% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $85,536 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 95 and State House District 105.
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 96th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/12096/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.