- Lead
- 1,500
- Total
- 11,299
- vs nation
- D+14.7
Kansas 36th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 2,073
- Total
- 11,531
- vs nation
- D+13.5
- Lead
- 1,443
- Total
- 10,013
- vs nation
- D+12.3
- Lead
- 2,284
- Total
- 10,204
- vs nation
- D+18.5
- Lead
- 2,969
- Total
- 11,486
- vs nation
- D+18.6
- Lead
- 1,760
- Total
- 10,887
- vs nation
- D+18.6
- Lead
- 2,315
- Total
- 9,621
- vs nation
- D+23.5
- Lead
- 2,125
- Total
- 10,004
- vs nation
- D+12.7
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+13.3MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 23,7832024 5-year
- Population density
- 785 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 30.3 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $88,8682024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 53.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 21.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 12.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+25.8 in 2008MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+56.9 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 35, KS · twin score 81.0
presidential history
Party record book
Kansas 36th State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
62.0%
7,120 votes · D+25.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Gore, 2000 · 60.3%
Republican
Herbert Hoover1928
72.7%
8,229 votes · R+46.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Theodore Roosevelt, 1904 · 71.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
7,772votes
59.0% of the vote · D+20.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John F. Kennedy, 1960 · 7,410 votes
Republican
Richard Nixon1960
8,687votes
53.5% of the vote · R+7.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 · 8,673 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
Michael Dukakis1988
+25.5pts D vs U.S.
Place D+17.8 · U.S. R+7.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Gore, 2000 · +23.5 pts
Republican
Benjamin Harrison1892
+58.6pts R vs U.S.
Place R+56.9 · U.S. D+1.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Theodore Roosevelt, 1904 · +30.3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | D | 69.1%5,327 | 30.9%2,382 | 7,709 |
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+13.3 in a state that leans heavily Republican statewide, District 36 stands out as a consistent outlier, likely anchored by an urban core or university community driving its leftward tilt.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 25.8 points in 2008 and a Republican high of 56.9 points in 1892. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 4.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 13.3 points.
A population of 23,783, a 54% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $88,868 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 35 and State House District 34.
The state-house 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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Kansas 36th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/20036/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.