California 32nd Congressional District (CA) — Elections 1876–2024

California 32nd Congressional District, California: Urban anchor district. In 2024, voted D+33%. Republican peak: R+58 in 1924.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: D+33MIT Election Lab
Political archetype: Urban anchorAkashic typology
Population: 703,9762024 5-year
Median household income: $90,1582024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 30.9%2024 5-year
Black: 7.7%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 48.4%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+49 in 2016MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+58 in 1924MIT Election Lab

SHERMAN, BradCongress 119 · Democratic

−1 liberal

+1 conservative

Predecessors: NAPOLITANO, Grace Flores (2021–2023), NAPOLITANO, Grace Flores (2019–2021), NAPOLITANO, Grace Flores (2017–2019), NAPOLITANO, Grace Flores (2015–2017)

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

2024 results by constituent county

2 counties · 2 D · 0 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	+32.9%	173,499	85,510	267,775
2020	D	+43.9%	217,371	82,342	307,574
2016	D	+49.3%	176,838	55,376	246,606
2012	D	+41.8%	159,073	63,683	228,418
2008	D	+40.3%	164,759	68,769	238,266
2004	D	+27.4%	136,892	77,376	217,091
2000	D	+31.0%	122,739	62,700	193,536
1996	D	+28.3%	102,655	53,669	173,129
1992	D	+23.4%	103,771	57,441	197,678
1988	D	+4.9%	98,440	89,057	189,837
1984	R	−10.2%	83,113	102,268	187,526
1980	R	−10.1%	70,270	87,906	175,099
1976	D	+1.9%	87,626	84,291	176,383
1972	R	−12.7%	85,303	111,152	202,960
1968	R	−1.6%	87,683	90,801	190,549
1964	D	+14.9%	112,409	83,215	195,736
1960	D	+0.8%	94,859	93,344	188,778
1956	R	−11.1%	72,220	90,287	163,032
1952	R	−12.6%	68,072	87,901	157,703
1948	D	+0.5%	58,227	57,613	123,873
1944	D	+14.1%	63,491	47,741	111,867
1940	D	+17.6%	58,939	41,141	101,390
1936	D	+35.4%	54,255	25,606	80,983
1932	D	+18.6%	39,724	26,774	69,463
1928	R	−41.5%	15,040	36,788	52,389
1924	R	−58.2%	2,404	21,469	32,773
1920	R	−47.5%	3,988	12,764	18,471
1916	R	−8.0%	8,173	9,714	19,198
1912	O	+33.3%	3,950	0	11,845
1908	R	−26.6%	1,583	2,974	5,239
1904	R	−46.0%	720	2,332	3,506
1900	R	−17.3%	945	1,378	2,501
1896	R	−2.5%	1,152	1,212	2,444
1892	R	−9.3%	583	735	1,636
1888	R	−14.6%	726	991	1,813
1884	R	−8.4%	337	402	778
1880	R	−1.1%	205	210	438
1876	D	+8.5%	260	219	480

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

4.3%

English

3.8%

Irish

3.8%

American

3.1%

Italian

2.5%

Polish

1.1%

French

1.0%

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: 38.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.7%

85+

1.2%

1.9%

75–84

2.5%

4.1%

65–74

4.8%

6.1%

55–64

6.3%

6.5%

45–54

6.6%

7.2%

35–44

6.9%

8.0%

25–34

7.8%

4.5%

18–24

4.4%

7.9%

5–17

7.5%

2.6%

2.5%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$90,158

Congressional District 32 ranks near the middle of US counties.

Congressional District 32$90,158

California$99,122

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

13.7%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1817.6%

Working age (18–64)12.5%

Seniors (65+)15.9%

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

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

44.9%

speak English only

Spanish37.6%

Asian & Pacific Islander10.7%

Other Indo-European5.6%

Other languages1.2%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic & Orthodox

31.9%

Other Christian

7.9%

Non-Christian

3.8%

Pentecostal & Holiness

3.0%

Baptist

2.3%

Mainline Protestant

1.1%

Methodist

0.9%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 49.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

CA-32 stretches through the eastern San Gabriel Valley, home to one of the densest concentrations of Asian-American residents in the country. Its D+17.9 presidential margin in 2024 reflects a diverse suburban electorate that has trended consistently Democratic over the past decade.

The Democratic margin in California 32nd Congressional District has been steady. It reached its modern peak at forty-nine points in 2016; the 2024 margin was thirty-three points, still in line with the district's long pattern.

Its political identity is inseparable from its demographic profile: a 31% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $90,158, and the full diversity of a major metropolitan center.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Congressional District 32, California vote in 2024?

In 2024, Congressional District 32, California voted Democratic by 32.9 points (D+33), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 267,775 votes cast, 173,499 went Democratic and 85,510 went Republican.

What is Congressional District 32, California's political archetype?

Akashic classifies Congressional District 32, 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 19 times, Republican 18 times, and other 1 times.

When did Congressional District 32, California last vote Republican?

The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 32, California voted Republican was 1984.

How many people live in Congressional District 32, California?

Congressional District 32, California has a population of 703,976 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Congressional District 32, California?

Median household income in Congressional District 32, California is $90,158 — above the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.

What is the political history of Congressional District 32, California?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 32, California from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 18 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Urban anchor" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.

California 32nd Congressional District has voted Democratic by double digits in every cycle this century.

Key facts

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