- Lead
- 92,089
- Total
- 291,801
- vs nation
- R+30.1
Florida 28th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 61,751
- Total
- 275,696
- vs nation
- R+26.9
- Lead
- 51,140
- Total
- 222,121
- vs nation
- R+25.1
- Lead
- 48,409
- Total
- 192,753
- vs nation
- R+29.0
- Lead
- 33,402
- Total
- 186,367
- vs nation
- R+25.2
- Lead
- 45,460
- Total
- 167,869
- vs nation
- R+24.6
- Lead
- 34,454
- Total
- 123,199
- vs nation
- R+28.5
- Lead
- 19,884
- Total
- 101,491
- vs nation
- R+28.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+31.6MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 537,4952024 5-year
- Population density
- 159 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 3,375 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $86,2242024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 57.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 7.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 30.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+92.0 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+59.7 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 20, FL · twin score 90.4
presidential history
Party record book
Florida 28th State Senate 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
Barack Obama2008
40.6%
75,726 votes · R+17.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 38.5%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
65.5%
191,086 votes · R+31.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 63.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
106,096votes
38.5% of the vote · R+22.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 98,997 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
191,086votes
65.5% of the vote · R+31.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 167,847 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
John Kerry2004
−24.6pts D vs U.S.
Place R+27.1 · U.S. R+2.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hillary Clinton, 2016 · −25.1 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2024
+30.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+31.6 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · +29.0 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.
In 2024 it voted Republican by R+31.4, against R+17.9 in 2008. The district had about 655,000 residents, 64.5% White alone in the 2024 ACS 5-year.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 92.0 points in 1892 and a Republican high of 59.7 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 9.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 31.6 points.
A population of 537,495, a 58% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $86,224 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 20 and State Senate District 33.
The state-senate 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 28th State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/12028/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.