- Lead
- 3,821
- Total
- 83,498
- vs nation
- R+3.1
New Jersey 36th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 12,456
- Total
- 91,222
- vs nation
- D+9.2
- Lead
- 14,022
- Total
- 78,211
- vs nation
- D+15.8
- Lead
- 12,836
- Total
- 71,964
- vs nation
- D+14.0
- Lead
- 11,158
- Total
- 76,593
- vs nation
- D+7.3
- Lead
- 6,135
- Total
- 72,662
- vs nation
- D+10.9
- Lead
- 11,351
- Total
- 66,582
- vs nation
- D+16.5
- Lead
- 11,409
- Total
- 65,883
- vs nation
- D+8.8
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+4.6MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 233,3012024 5-year
- Population density
- 8,303 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 28.1 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $87,9072024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 39.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 4.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 42.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+24.0 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+49.0 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Assembly District 19, NJ · twin score 95.2
presidential history
Party record book
New Jersey 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
61.7%
44,952 votes · D+24.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 58.4%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
71.6%
9,490 votes · R+49.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · 70.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
51,284votes
56.2% of the vote · D+13.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964 · 44,952 votes
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
49,424votes
63.7% of the vote · R+28.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 46,448 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
Al Gore2000
+16.5pts D vs U.S.
Place D+17.0 · U.S. D+0.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hillary Clinton, 2016 · +15.8 pts
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
+26.3pts R vs U.S.
Place R+41.7 · U.S. R+15.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Thomas E. Dewey, 1948 · +25.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | D | 64.4%39,653 | 35.6%21,946 | 61,599 |
New Jersey's 36th Assembly District sits in competitive suburban territory, where a modest rightward presidential margin in 2024 reflects the shifting loyalties of middle-income commuter communities that have trended away from their historic partisan anchors.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 24.0 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 49.0 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 18.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 4.6 points.
A population of 233,301, a 40% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $87,907 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Assembly District 19 and Assembly District 90.
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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New Jersey 36th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/34036/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.