- Lead
- 57,632
- Total
- 78,598
- vs nation
- D+74.8
Washington 37th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 65,287
- Total
- 84,670
- vs nation
- D+72.7
- Lead
- 53,914
- Total
- 69,132
- vs nation
- D+75.9
- Lead
- 48,344
- Total
- 63,204
- vs nation
- D+72.6
- Lead
- 47,356
- Total
- 59,954
- vs nation
- D+71.7
- Lead
- 40,784
- Total
- 55,256
- vs nation
- D+76.3
- Lead
- 32,735
- Total
- 47,985
- vs nation
- D+67.7
- Lead
- 29,038
- Total
- 43,964
- vs nation
- D+57.5
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+73.3MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 156,6522024 5-year
- Population density
- 8,468 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 18.5 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $100,0832024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 36.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 18.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 9.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+85.0 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+20.4 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Legislative (House) District 43, WA · twin score 95.7
presidential history
Party record book
Washington 37th 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
92.5%
578 votes · D+85.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 88.8%
Republican
Theodore Roosevelt1904
40.5%
298 votes · D+5.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · 32.8%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
74,078votes
87.5% of the vote · D+77.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 66,260 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
8,791votes
10.4% of the vote · D+77.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 8,628 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
+91.0pts D vs U.S.
Place D+85.0 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John Kerry, 2004 · +76.3 pts
Republican
Calvin Coolidge1924
−4.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+20.4 · U.S. R+25.2 · a third-party candidate carried the Place · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William H. Taft, 1912 · −18.1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | D | 74.4%59,580 | 25.6%20,450 | 80,030 |
| 2018 | D | 81.0%51,020 | 19.0%11,954 | 62,974 |
Washington's 37th House district covers territory southeast of Tacoma where exurban growth meets working-class communities, producing margins that have consistently favored Republican presidential candidates by double digits in recent cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 85.0 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 20.4 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 73.3 points.
A population of 156,652, a 37% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $100,083 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Legislative (House) District 43 and Legislative (House) District 46.
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 37th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/53037/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.