- Lead
- 80,026
- Total
- 98,950
- vs nation
- D+82.3
Washington 36th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 83,003
- Total
- 102,776
- vs nation
- D+76.3
- Lead
- 69,922
- Total
- 93,213
- vs nation
- D+72.9
- Lead
- 62,225
- Total
- 85,109
- vs nation
- D+69.3
- Lead
- 60,820
- Total
- 81,151
- vs nation
- D+67.7
- Lead
- 51,939
- Total
- 75,271
- vs nation
- D+71.5
- Lead
- 41,465
- Total
- 65,127
- vs nation
- D+63.1
- Lead
- 36,901
- Total
- 61,071
- vs nation
- D+51.9
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+80.9MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 157,0722024 5-year
- Population density
- 9,520 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 16.5 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $140,7882024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 71.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+80.9 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+20.1 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Legislative (House) District 46, WA · twin score 99.1
presidential history
Party record book
Washington 36th State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 · 34 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
William J. Bryan1896
89.7%
1,002 votes · D+79.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 89.2%
Republican
Theodore Roosevelt1904
39.8%
602 votes · D+5.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1928 · 38.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
91,650votes
89.2% of the vote · D+80.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 87,747 votes
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
12,458votes
27.4% of the vote · D+43.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 10,997 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
+86.0pts D vs U.S.
Place D+79.9 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · +82.3 pts
Republican
Calvin Coolidge1924
−5.0pts R vs U.S.
Place R+20.1 · U.S. R+25.2 · a third-party candidate carried the Place · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William H. Taft, 1912 · −12.6 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 | 74.4%59,739 | 25.6%20,504 | 80,243 |
| 2018 | D | 81.0%51,157 | 19.0%11,986 | 63,143 |
Anchored in Seattle's urban core, Legislative District 36 recorded an 80.9-point Democratic presidential margin in 2024, making it among the most lopsided state house districts in Washington and a reliable bellwether for turnout-driven campaign strategy.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 80.9 points in 2024 and a Republican high of 20.1 points in 1924. The 2024 margin was 80.9 points.
A population of 157,072, a 71% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $140,788 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Legislative (House) District 46 and Legislative (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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Washington 36th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/53036/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.