- Lead
- 707
- Total
- 18,765
- vs nation
- R+2.3
Utah 36th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 1,127
- Total
- 20,607
- vs nation
- R+9.9
- Lead
- 714
- Total
- 17,027
- vs nation
- R+6.3
- Lead
- 5,555
- Total
- 15,444
- vs nation
- R+39.8
- Lead
- 2,450
- Total
- 14,261
- vs nation
- R+24.5
- Lead
- 5,515
- Total
- 14,573
- vs nation
- R+35.4
- Lead
- 4,392
- Total
- 12,513
- vs nation
- R+35.6
- Lead
- 2,078
- Total
- 11,176
- vs nation
- R+27.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+3.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 43,1492024 5-year
- Population density
- 5,462 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 7.9 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $99,8012024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 67.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 20.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+62.4 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+54.5 in 1980MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 39, UT · twin score 98.9
presidential history
Party record book
Utah 36th State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1896–2024 · 33 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
William J. Bryan1896
81.2%
596 votes · D+62.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 64.7%
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
75.9%
8,339 votes · R+53.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · 72.0%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
9,277votes
45.0% of the vote · R+5.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 8,686 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
10,404votes
50.5% of the vote · R+5.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · 10,169 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
William J. Bryan1896
+68.5pts D vs U.S.
Place D+62.4 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Woodrow Wilson, 1916 · +5.4 pts
Republican
Ronald Reagan1980
+44.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+54.5 · U.S. R+9.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Gerald Ford, 1976 · +42.0 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 | 51.0%8,673 | 49.0%8,329 | 17,002 |
With a 2024 presidential margin of R+3.8, this Salt Lake–area district sits well below Utah's statewide Republican lean, making it a consistent target for competitive state legislative races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 62.4 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 54.5 points in 1980. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.7 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 3.8 points.
A population of 43,149, a 67% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $99,801 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 39 and State House 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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