- Lead
- 1,773
- Total
- 27,620
- vs nation
- D+7.9
Massachusetts 36th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 3,723
- Total
- 28,066
- vs nation
- D+8.8
- Lead
- 1,142
- Total
- 26,261
- vs nation
- D+2.3
- Lead
- 742
- Total
- 24,480
- vs nation
- R+6.9
- Lead
- 314
- Total
- 23,693
- vs nation
- R+5.9
- Lead
- 321
- Total
- 22,415
- vs nation
- D+1.0
- Lead
- 840
- Total
- 20,761
- vs nation
- D+3.5
- Lead
- 2,205
- Total
- 19,213
- vs nation
- D+3.0
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+6.4MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 45,9122024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,594 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 28.8 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $137,8022024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 87.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+32.7 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+61.2 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- 1st Worcester District, MA · twin score 95.0
presidential history
Party record book
Massachusetts 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
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
66.1%
11,781 votes · D+32.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 55.6%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
78.1%
7,920 votes · R+61.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1896 · 75.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
15,613votes
55.6% of the vote · D+13.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 14,338 votes
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
13,825votes
69.0% of the vote · R+38.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 13,480 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
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
+10.1pts D vs U.S.
Place D+32.7 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George McGovern, 1972 · +10.1 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+52.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+58.2 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1932 · +38.2 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 | 100.0%16,944 | 0.0%0 | 16,944 |
| 2020 | D | 73.6%16,092 | 26.4%5,770 | 21,862 |
Massachusetts 36th State House District sits in New England. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 32.7 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 61.2 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 6.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 6.4 points.
A population of 45,912, a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $137,802 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of 1st Worcester District and 20th Middlesex District.
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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