Texas 36th Congressional District (TX) — Elections 1876–2024

Texas 36th Congressional District, Texas: Old Confederacy district. In 2024, voted R+18%. Democratic peak: D+79 in 1936.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: R+18MIT Election Lab
Political archetype: Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
Population: 1,096,1232024 5-year
Median household income: $73,8892024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 43.5%2024 5-year
Black: 17.3%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 37.4%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+79 in 1936MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+25 in 1972MIT Election Lab

BABIN, BrianCongress 119 · Republican

−1 liberal

+1 conservative

Predecessors: STOCKMAN, Steve (2013–2015)

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

2024 results by constituent county

8 counties · 1 D · 7 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	R	−17.6%	154,255	221,158	380,316
2020	R	−9.7%	173,622	211,408	389,906
2016	R	−10.3%	136,769	169,376	317,715
2012	R	−16.4%	121,084	169,205	293,773
2008	R	−12.5%	124,325	160,240	286,756
2004	R	−17.1%	111,279	157,512	270,402
2000	R	−14.3%	102,508	137,712	245,831
1996	R	−1.5%	99,977	103,252	219,552
1992	D	+1.2%	97,641	94,669	240,025
1988	R	−3.9%	101,929	110,351	213,702
1984	R	−16.0%	94,190	130,068	224,857
1980	R	−7.8%	83,750	98,409	188,321
1976	D	+6.1%	91,261	80,655	173,269
1972	R	−25.4%	54,562	91,999	147,119
1968	D	+1.1%	48,929	47,527	130,171
1964	D	+23.8%	67,119	41,292	108,663
1960	D	+4.8%	49,442	44,823	95,947
1956	R	−19.1%	30,393	45,021	76,397
1952	R	−3.7%	38,105	41,013	79,186
1948	D	+33.1%	23,810	10,010	41,646
1944	D	+60.7%	26,840	4,528	36,763
1940	D	+66.1%	29,806	6,067	35,923
1936	D	+79.1%	23,787	2,736	26,600
1932	D	+76.7%	22,940	2,956	26,042
1928	R	−3.6%	9,498	10,216	19,742
1924	D	+41.6%	11,331	4,441	16,580
1920	D	+41.9%	6,929	2,206	11,261
1916	D	+65.1%	6,635	1,222	8,320
1912	D	+64.9%	4,660	431	6,520
1908	—	No data	—	—	—
1904	—	No data	—	—	—
1900	—	No data	—	—	—
1896	—	No data	—	—	—
1892	—	No data	—	—	—
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Congressional elections · 17 Senate races

U.S. Senate

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year	Won	D %	R %	Total
2024	R	44.6%	53.1%	11,291,854
2020	R	43.9%	53.5%	11,144,040
2018	R	48.3%	50.9%	8,371,655
2014	R	34.4%	61.6%	4,648,358
2012	R	40.6%	56.5%	7,864,822
2008	R	42.8%	54.8%	7,912,075
2006	R	36.0%	61.7%	4,314,663
2002	R	43.3%	55.3%	4,514,012
2000	R	32.3%	65.1%	6,267,964
1996	R	43.9%	54.8%	5,527,441
1994	R	38.3%	60.8%	4,279,940
1990	R	37.4%	60.2%	3,822,157
1988	D	59.2%	40.0%	5,323,606
1984	R	41.4%	58.5%	5,314,178
1982	D	58.6%	40.5%	3,103,167
1978	R	49.3%	49.8%	2,312,540
1976	D	56.8%	42.2%	3,874,230

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

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

German

6.6%

English

6.5%

American

5.3%

Irish

4.9%

French

2.0%

Italian

1.7%

Polish

0.6%

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: 35.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.4%

85+

0.8%

1.6%

75–84

2.0%

3.8%

65–74

4.2%

5.4%

55–64

5.5%

6.2%

45–54

6.1%

7.2%

35–44

7.0%

7.4%

25–34

7.3%

4.7%

18–24

4.4%

9.8%

5–17

9.4%

3.4%

3.3%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$73,889

Congressional District 36 ranks near the middle of US counties.

Congressional District 36$73,889

Texas$78,476

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

16.5%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1822.9%

Working age (18–64)14.2%

Seniors (65+)13.6%

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

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

63.1%

speak English only

Spanish29.7%

Asian & Pacific Islander3.5%

Other Indo-European2.6%

Other languages1.2%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic & Orthodox

17.5%

Baptist

16.8%

Other Christian

12.6%

Methodist

3.6%

Non-Christian

2.4%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.3%

Mainline Protestant

1.5%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 43.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Stretching through Chambers, Hardin, and Jasper counties southeast of Houston, TX-36 posted a 49-point Republican margin in 2024, making it among the most lopsided congressional districts in the state.

The shift began with civil rights. 1996 marked the realignment in Texas 36th Congressional District, by a one point margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at twenty-five points in 1972. The 2024 margin was eighteen points.

The political shift has tracked, in Texas 36th Congressional District, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 44% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $73,889, and a 17% poverty rate describe the demographic context.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Congressional District 36, Texas vote in 2024?

In 2024, Congressional District 36, Texas voted Republican by 17.6 points (R+18), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 380,316 votes cast, 154,255 went Democratic and 221,158 went Republican.

What is Congressional District 36, Texas's political archetype?

Akashic classifies Congressional District 36, Texas as a "Old Confederacy" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 14 times, Republican 15 times, and other 0 times.

When did Congressional District 36, Texas last vote Democratic?

The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 36, Texas voted Democratic was 1992.

How many people live in Congressional District 36, Texas?

Congressional District 36, Texas has a population of 1,096,123 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Congressional District 36, Texas?

Median household income in Congressional District 36, Texas is $73,889 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.

What is the political history of Congressional District 36, Texas?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 36, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 15 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.

Texas 36th Congressional District voted Democratic for a century; it now votes Republican by 18 points.

Key facts

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