- Lead
- 20,783
- Total
- 70,071
- vs nation
- D+31.1
Florida 98th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 31,914
- Total
- 76,919
- vs nation
- D+37.0
- Lead
- 31,034
- Total
- 67,219
- vs nation
- D+44.1
- Lead
- 28,168
- Total
- 61,273
- vs nation
- D+42.1
- Lead
- 27,232
- Total
- 59,453
- vs nation
- D+38.5
- Lead
- 23,334
- Total
- 56,858
- vs nation
- D+43.5
- Lead
- 22,035
- Total
- 46,578
- vs nation
- D+46.8
- Lead
- 18,447
- Total
- 40,709
- vs nation
- D+36.8
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+29.7MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 183,6632024 5-year
- Population density
- 4,557 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 40.3 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $61,7832024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 30.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 35.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 24.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+51.4 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+33.6 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 108, FL · twin score 97.9
presidential history
Party record book
Florida 98th 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
72.9%
33,951 votes · D+47.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 72.7%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
34.7%
24,325 votes · D+29.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 28.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
54,169votes
70.4% of the vote · D+41.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hillary Clinton, 2016 · 48,471 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
24,325votes
34.7% of the vote · D+29.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 22,255 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
+46.8pts D vs U.S.
Place D+47.3 · U.S. D+0.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hillary Clinton, 2016 · +44.1 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2024
−31.1pts R vs U.S.
Place D+29.7 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · −37.0 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
With a 2024 presidential margin of nearly D+30, this district ranks among the strongest Democratic-performing constituencies in Florida, a state that has otherwise trended sharply toward Republicans in recent cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 51.4 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 33.6 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 11.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 29.7 points.
A population of 183,663, a 31% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $61,783 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 108 and State House District 99.
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 98th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/12098/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.