- Lead
- 23,697
- Total
- 258,168
- vs nation
- D+10.7
Florida 35th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 66,369
- Total
- 280,936
- vs nation
- D+19.2
- Lead
- 79,156
- Total
- 239,536
- vs nation
- D+31.0
- Lead
- 71,616
- Total
- 218,026
- vs nation
- D+29.0
- Lead
- 68,999
- Total
- 211,749
- vs nation
- D+25.3
- Lead
- 56,025
- Total
- 203,386
- vs nation
- D+30.0
- Lead
- 56,982
- Total
- 165,163
- vs nation
- D+34.0
- Lead
- 48,513
- Total
- 146,029
- vs nation
- D+24.7
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+9.2MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 542,2502024 5-year
- Population density
- 573 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 947 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $95,3092024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 26.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 18.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 45.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+37.8 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+46.9 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 25, FL · twin score 91.8
presidential history
Party record book
Florida 35th 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
Al Gore2000
66.5%
109,895 votes · D+34.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 66.0%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
45.0%
116,205 votes · D+9.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 37.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
172,919votes
61.6% of the vote · D+23.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hillary Clinton, 2016 · 156,799 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
116,205votes
45.0% of the vote · D+9.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 106,550 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
+34.0pts D vs U.S.
Place D+34.5 · U.S. D+0.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hillary Clinton, 2016 · +31.0 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2024
−10.7pts R vs U.S.
Place D+9.2 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · −19.2 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.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | D | 55.7%97,696 | 44.3%77,723 | 175,419 |
Florida 35th State Senate District sits in the Gulf South and peninsula. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 37.8 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 46.9 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 14.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 9.2 points.
A population of 542,250, a 26% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $95,309 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 25 and State Senate District 24.
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 35th State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/12035/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.