California 2nd Congressional District (CA) — Elections 1876–2024

California 2nd Congressional District, California: Urban anchor district. In 2024, voted D+45%. Democratic peak: D+50 in 2020.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: D+45MIT Election Lab
Political archetype: Urban anchorAkashic typology
Population: 913,4532024 5-year
Median household income: $105,1722024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 65.6%2024 5-year
Black: 1.7%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 23.8%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+50 in 2020MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+46 in 1924MIT Election Lab

HUFFMAN, JaredCongress 119 · Democratic

−1 liberal

+1 conservative

Predecessors: HERGER, Walter William (Wally) (2011–2013), HERGER, Walter William (Wally) (2009–2011), HERGER, Walter William (Wally) (2007–2009), HERGER, Walter William (Wally) (2005–2007)

Source · Voteview / Lewis, Poole, Rosenthal et al. (CC-BY).

2024 results by constituent county

6 counties · 4 D · 2 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).
Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+45.5%	330,270	118,828	464,826
2020	D	+50.0%	369,177	118,726	500,855
2016	D	+44.9%	297,917	100,077	440,440
2012	D	+42.5%	287,056	110,485	415,407
2008	D	+46.5%	319,403	112,793	444,008
2004	D	+34.8%	286,619	136,485	431,976
2000	D	+23.5%	219,420	129,012	385,097
1996	D	+22.5%	193,359	111,290	364,282
1992	D	+28.1%	212,349	99,767	400,660
1988	D	+15.4%	195,370	142,405	343,604
1984	R	−3.2%	159,048	169,726	333,745
1980	R	−11.4%	107,637	141,748	298,635
1976	R	−1.2%	122,943	126,106	261,092
1972	R	−8.2%	116,710	138,495	265,035
1968	R	−4.6%	91,193	100,690	207,716
1964	D	+26.0%	125,112	73,354	198,892
1960	R	−5.7%	86,532	97,114	184,381
1956	R	−20.3%	62,526	94,397	157,353
1952	R	−28.8%	49,626	90,399	141,509
1948	R	−11.2%	44,394	56,253	105,681
1944	D	+5.3%	46,384	41,698	88,339
1940	D	+4.7%	45,386	41,245	87,656
1936	D	+26.5%	47,014	27,138	75,003
1932	D	+21.6%	39,312	24,917	66,726
1928	R	−25.0%	19,871	33,356	53,964
1924	R	−46.3%	3,929	24,500	44,386
1920	R	−43.9%	9,073	25,859	38,243
1916	R	−7.1%	19,092	22,312	45,221
1912	O	+42.1%	14,223	0	33,790
1908	R	−32.0%	7,007	14,880	24,627
1904	R	−38.7%	6,257	15,141	22,971
1900	R	−19.7%	8,051	12,156	20,818
1896	R	−7.7%	9,213	10,770	20,338
1892	R	−0.4%	8,371	8,452	18,895
1888	R	−2.6%	8,320	8,785	17,719
1884	R	−4.6%	6,832	7,531	15,065
1880	R	−2.0%	5,464	5,708	12,038
1876	D	+2.2%	5,989	5,736	11,731

Congressional elections · 17 Senate races

U.S. Senate

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year	Won	D %	R %	Total
2024	D	58.9%	41.1%	15,348,846
2022	D	61.1%	38.9%	10,843,650
2018	D	100.0%	0.0%	11,113,364
2016	D	100.0%	0.0%	12,244,170
2012	D	62.5%	37.5%	12,578,511
2010	D	52.2%	42.2%	10,000,160
2006	D	59.4%	35.0%	8,541,476
2004	D	57.7%	37.8%	12,053,295
2000	D	55.8%	36.6%	10,623,608
1998	D	53.1%	43.0%	8,311,905
1994	D	46.7%	44.8%	8,514,089
1992	D	47.9%	43.0%	10,799,703
1988	R	44.0%	52.8%	9,743,598
1986	D	49.3%	47.9%	7,398,462
1982	R	44.8%	51.5%	7,805,450
1980	D	56.5%	37.1%	8,324,012
1976	R	46.9%	50.2%	7,470,586

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

German

12.8%

English

12.6%

Irish

12.1%

Italian

6.8%

French

2.7%

Scottish

2.7%

American

2.1%

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: 44.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.9%

85+

1.5%

3.1%

75–84

3.7%

6.1%

65–74

7.0%

6.7%

55–64

7.1%

6.4%

45–54

6.2%

6.5%

35–44

6.3%

5.8%

25–34

5.4%

4.1%

18–24

4.0%

7.6%

5–17

7.2%

2.4%

2.3%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$105,172

Congressional District 2 ranks near the middle of US counties.

Congressional District 2$105,172

California$99,122

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

11.1%

Child poverty is below the national average.

Children under 1811.9%

Working age (18–64)11.0%

Seniors (65+)10.3%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

77.5%

speak English only

Spanish16.0%

Other Indo-European3.2%

Asian & Pacific Islander2.6%

Other languages0.6%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic & Orthodox

19.7%

Other Christian

5.1%

Non-Christian

4.2%

Mainline Protestant

1.8%

Baptist

1.2%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.0%

Methodist

0.5%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 66.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

CA-2 spans the North Coast and parts of the Bay Area, where presidential margins have exceeded 40 points in recent cycles, making it among the most consistently one-sided congressional districts in the country.

The Democratic margin in California 2nd Congressional District has been steady. It reached its modern peak at fifty points in 2020; the 2024 margin was forty-five points, still in line with the district's long pattern.

Its political identity is inseparable from its demographic profile: a 66% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $105,172, and the full diversity of a major metropolitan center.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Congressional District 2, California vote in 2024?

In 2024, Congressional District 2, California voted Democratic by 45.5 points (D+45), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 464,826 votes cast, 330,270 went Democratic and 118,828 went Republican.

What is Congressional District 2, California's political archetype?

Akashic classifies Congressional District 2, California as a "Urban anchor" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 16 times, Republican 21 times, and other 1 times.

When did Congressional District 2, California last vote Republican?

The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 2, California voted Republican was 1984.

How many people live in Congressional District 2, California?

Congressional District 2, California has a population of 913,453 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Congressional District 2, California?

Median household income in Congressional District 2, California is $105,172 — above the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.

What is the political history of Congressional District 2, California?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 2, California from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 21 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Urban anchor" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.

California 2nd Congressional District has voted Democratic by double digits in every cycle this century.

Key facts

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