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1876–2024
State Senate District 1·Florida

For seventy-six years, Florida 1st State Senate District voted Democratic. Then it stopped.

Miami-Dade's most Democratic state senate seat by a wide margin

1876 — 2024·38 elections
FL
Latest
R+34
in 2024
Archetype
Realigner
since the recent cycles
Population
598,744
2024 ACS

Florida 1st State Senate District, Florida: Realigner district. In 2024, voted R+34%. Democratic peak: D+94 in 1892.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+34MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
RealignerAkashic typology
Population
598,7442024 5-year
Median household income
$77,4092024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
70.1%2024 5-year
Black
14.4%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
7.5%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+94 in 1892MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+64 in 1972MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
3 counties · 0 D · 3 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−33.7%
102,543208,256314,049
R
−28.8%
110,264201,490317,254
R
−34.5%
84,051178,858274,832
R
−33.8%
83,954171,012257,879
R
−30.8%
89,884171,016263,405
R
−41.4%
69,604169,567241,381
R
−35.4%
59,614127,433191,550
R
−27.3%
54,403101,264171,954
R
−24.3%
42,71081,467159,181
R
−43.2%
38,55397,789137,119
R
−49.6%
33,941100,678134,650
R
−25.0%
44,17175,216123,943
R
−5.3%
51,14856,954109,504
R
−64.2%
16,52876,70493,681
O
−0.7%
18,91119,54188,170
R
−13.8%
31,62741,78773,413
D
+23.6%
36,05822,29258,349
D
+27.7%
28,41416,07844,492
D
+28.9%
26,69414,71441,408
D
+48.7%
17,1453,97927,028
D
+64.6%
19,8144,26424,078
D
+73.0%
20,1223,14023,262
D
+67.9%
12,8982,46615,364
D
+65.1%
9,7162,05011,767
R
−18.4%
4,4816,54211,179
D
+29.0%
3,2011,5645,645
D
+40.8%
4,4881,7006,836
D
+63.6%
3,2846314,174
D
+69.0%
2,1821422,955
D
+35.9%
2,4199294,153
D
+51.9%
1,9735692,704
D
+52.1%
1,9524692,844
D
+46.2%
1,9776642,840
D
+93.5%
3,06403,277
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No data
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D
+7.3%
2,6972,3295,026
—
No data
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No data
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
12.7%
German
12.5%
Irish
11.8%
American
6.5%
Italian
4.2%
Scottish
2.4%
French
2.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 38.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.7%
85+
1.1%
2.1%
75–84
2.9%
4.9%
65–74
5.6%
6.5%
55–64
6.8%
5.7%
45–54
5.8%
6.6%
35–44
6.3%
7.5%
25–34
6.7%
5.2%
18–24
4.2%
8.1%
5–17
7.7%
2.8%
<5
2.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$77,409
State Senate District 1 ranks near the middle of US counties.
State Senate District 1$77,409
Florida$74,568
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
12.1%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1817.3%
Working age (18–64)10.7%
Seniors (65+)10.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
91.6%
speak English only
Spanish4.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.9%
Other Indo-European1.7%
Other languages0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
17.4%
Baptist
14.7%
Catholic & Orthodox
8.4%
Methodist
5.8%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.3%
Mainline Protestant
1.9%
Non-Christian
0.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 49.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Anchored in Miami-Dade County, this district posted a 21-point Democratic presidential margin in 2024, making it one of the most reliably left-leaning state legislative constituencies in Florida's otherwise competitive southern tier.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Florida 1st State Senate District peaked at ninety-four points in 1892; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1964 election delivered the district to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of fourteen points. By 2024, the margin had settled into deep Republican territory.

The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $77,409 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line.

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Frequently asked questions

How did State Senate District 1, Florida vote in 2024?
In 2024, State Senate District 1, Florida voted Republican by 33.7 points (R+34), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 314,049 votes cast, 102,543 went Democratic and 208,256 went Republican.
What is State Senate District 1, Florida's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State Senate District 1, Florida as a "Realigner" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 18 times, Republican 16 times, and other 1 times.
When did State Senate District 1, Florida last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which State Senate District 1, Florida voted Democratic was 1960.
How many people live in State Senate District 1, Florida?
State Senate District 1, Florida has a population of 598,744 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in State Senate District 1, Florida?
Median household income in State Senate District 1, Florida is $77,409 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of State Senate District 1, Florida?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in State Senate District 1, Florida from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 18 went Democratic and 16 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Realigner" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.