- Lead
- 11,455
- Total
- 20,390
- vs nation
- D+57.7
Massachusetts 136th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 14,834
- Total
- 22,595
- vs nation
- D+61.2
- Lead
- 13,741
- Total
- 21,359
- vs nation
- D+62.2
- Lead
- 11,363
- Total
- 19,227
- vs nation
- D+55.2
- Lead
- 10,614
- Total
- 18,292
- vs nation
- D+50.8
- Lead
- 9,079
- Total
- 16,327
- vs nation
- D+58.1
- Lead
- 7,852
- Total
- 14,504
- vs nation
- D+53.6
- Lead
- 7,524
- Total
- 13,394
- vs nation
- D+47.7
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+56.2MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 45,4022024 5-year
- Population density
- 8,255 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 5.5 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $99,1242024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 30.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 34.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 26.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+74.5 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+25.9 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- 12th Suffolk District, MA · twin score 96.4
presidential history
Party record book
Massachusetts 136th 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
87.2%
17,785 votes · D+74.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 82.1%
Republican
William McKinley1896
59.8%
3,476 votes · R+25.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 57.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
18,540votes
82.1% of the vote · D+65.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Harry S. Truman, 1948 · 18,376 votes
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
10,517votes
44.2% of the vote · D+11.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 · 10,496 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
Hillary Clinton2016
+62.2pts D vs U.S.
Place D+64.3 · U.S. D+2.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +61.2 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+19.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+25.9 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William H. Taft, 1912 · −7.1 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 | 92.7%13,612 | 7.3%1,066 | 14,678 |
| 2020 | D | 96.7%15,180 | 3.3%515 | 15,695 |
The 14th Suffolk District posts presidential margins exceeding 55 points Democratic, reflecting a dense urban constituency where contested general elections are rare and primary outcomes typically decide representation.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 74.5 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 25.9 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 9.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 56.2 points.
A population of 45,402, a 31% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $99,124 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of 12th Suffolk District and State Legislative District 20.
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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Massachusetts 136th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/25136/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.