- Lead
- 36,684
- Total
- 70,405
- vs nation
- D+53.6
Florida 97th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 48,827
- Total
- 78,836
- vs nation
- D+57.5
- Lead
- 45,004
- Total
- 68,972
- vs nation
- D+63.2
- Lead
- 41,013
- Total
- 62,874
- vs nation
- D+61.4
- Lead
- 39,743
- Total
- 60,941
- vs nation
- D+57.9
- Lead
- 35,475
- Total
- 57,604
- vs nation
- D+64.0
- Lead
- 31,778
- Total
- 47,821
- vs nation
- D+65.9
- Lead
- 26,393
- Total
- 41,625
- vs nation
- D+54.9
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+52.1MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 181,4562024 5-year
- Population density
- 8,065 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 22.5 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $58,3012024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 15.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 56.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 21.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+77.9 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+6.4 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 99, FL · twin score 98.4
presidential history
Party record book
Florida 97th 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
82.6%
39,516 votes · D+66.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 82.4%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
23.5%
16,530 votes · D+52.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 18.8%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
63,618votes
80.7% of the vote · D+61.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hillary Clinton, 2016 · 56,401 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
16,530votes
23.5% of the vote · D+52.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 14,791 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
+65.9pts D vs U.S.
Place D+66.5 · U.S. D+0.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John Kerry, 2004 · +64.0 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2024
−53.6pts R vs U.S.
Place D+52.1 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · −57.5 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Florida 97th State House District sits in the Gulf South and peninsula. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 77.9 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 6.4 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 9.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 52.1 points.
A population of 181,456, a 15% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $58,301 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 99 and Assembly District 60.
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.
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Florida 97th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/12097/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.