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Florida 117th State House District
presidential margin
2008D+56.42012D+63.52016D+57.22020D+30.82024D+2.2
full record · 2008 → 2024
D+2.2
2024
median income$64,523U.S. $80,734 · FL $74,568
median age35.2U.S. 39.1 · FL 43.1
poverty rate18.7%U.S. 12.5% · FL 12.6%
bachelor’s+ (25+)34.4%U.S. 35.6% · FL 34.2%
non-english75.3%U.S. 22.3% · FL 30.7%
race · ethnicity · ancestry
Cuban32.2%
Colombian4.8%
Venezuelan4.6%
African American†14.7%
Haitian7.6%
Jamaican2.7%
American8.6%
Italian4.5%
German3.2%
Asian Indian0.3%
Chinese0.3%
Filipino0.2%
religion

Religious adherence is published only at the county level (U.S. Religion Census). See Miami-Dade County.

American Community Survey 2024 5-year (income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024.

Florida 117th State House District

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Florida 117th State House DistrictHarrisD+2.2
2024
2024 presidential margin for Florida 117th State House DistrictThe boundary of Florida 117th State House District, filled by its 2024 presidential margin (D+2.2), over faint outlines of the counties it is drawn from.Florida 117th State House District · D+2.2
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Kamala Harris ✓Democratic50.7%32,574
Donald TrumpRepublican48.5%31,144
Jill SteinGreen0.9%552
D+60
R+60
District boundary, filled by its own 2024 D-vs-R margin — precinct detail where available, over the 1 county it's drawn from (shown faint).
The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the district’s overall result across 1892–2024, on its current boundaries.
County-level results (1 county) — table
2024 presidential result by county for Florida 117th State House District — winner and D-vs-R margin.
CountyWinnerMargin
Miami-Dade County, FLRepublicanR+11.5
5 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
D
50.7%Harris32,574
48.5%Trump31,144
0.9%Stein552
+2.2%
64,270
D
65.0%Biden40,750
34.2%Trump21,455
0.8%Jorgensen482
+30.8%
62,687
D
77.3%Clinton39,294
20.1%Trump10,229
2.6%Johnson1,298
+57.2%
50,821
D
81.8%Obama34,715
18.2%Romney7,746
0.0%
+63.5%
42,461
D
77.8%Obama32,391
21.4%McCain8,897
0.8%Nader340
+56.4%
41,628
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2008–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 2008 to 2024. Most recent: +2.2% in 2024.+2.2%DR20082024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
2008+56.4%
2012+63.5%
2016+57.2%
2020+30.8%
2024+2.2%
DemocraticRepublican
current representation
Current officeholders
DKevin ChamblissState House · 117

State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.

Source · OpenStates current legislator CSV.

The 2024 presidential margin was D+2.2, one of the narrower results among Florida's state house districts, compared with D+56.4 in 2008. No racial group formed a majority of its residents in the 2024 ACS 5-year, with Hispanic or Latino residents at 69.3%.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 63.5 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 28.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 2.2 points.

A population of 182,260, a 24% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $64,523 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 109 and Assembly District 35.

Political twins — state-house districts

The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.

State House District 109
Florida
96.5twin score
12-yr trend2012–2016 trajectory% Latino
Assembly District 35
New Jersey
92.6twin score
12-yr trend2008–2016 trajectory≠ median income
State House District 101
Florida
92.0twin score
elasticitypopulation scale2008–2016 trajectory≠ 12-yr trend

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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Frequently asked questions

How did Florida 117th State House District vote in 2024?
In 2024, Florida 117th State House District voted Democratic by 2.2 points (D+2.2), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 64,270 votes cast, 32,574 went Democratic and 31,144 went Republican.
How many people live in Florida 117th State House District?
Florida 117th State House District has a population of 182,260 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Florida 117th State House District?
Median household income in Florida 117th State House District is $64,523 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Florida 117th State House District?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in Florida 117th State House District from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.