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California 17th State Senate District
presidential margin
2008D+35.22012D+33.82016D+36.82020D+39.22024D+31.9
full record · 2008 → 2024
D+31.9
2024
median income$101,663U.S. $80,734 · CA $99,122
median age37.4U.S. 39.1 · CA 37.9
poverty rate12.3%U.S. 12.5% · CA 12.0%
bachelor’s+ (25+)34.4%U.S. 35.6% · CA 36.6%
non-english42.1%U.S. 22.3% · CA 44.4%
race · ethnicity · ancestry
English11.2%
German11.0%
Irish9.8%
Mexican40.1%
Salvadoran1.0%
Spaniard0.6%
Aztec8.0%
Samoan2.7%
Filipino1.9%
Chinese0.9%
Asian Indian0.5%
African American†1.2%
religion

Religious adherence is published only at the county level (U.S. Religion Census). See Monterey County.

American Community Survey 2024 5-year (income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024.

California 17th State Senate District

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California 17th State Senate DistrictHarrisD+31.9
2024
2024 presidential margin for California 17th State Senate DistrictThe boundary of California 17th State Senate District, filled by its 2024 presidential margin (D+31.9), over faint outlines of the counties it is drawn from.California 17th State Senate District · D+31.9
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Kamala Harris ✓Democratic64.3%276,043
Donald TrumpRepublican32.4%139,176
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.American Independent3.3%14,107
D+60
R+60
District boundary, filled by its own 2024 D-vs-R margin — precinct detail where available, over the 4 counties it's drawn from (shown faint).
The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the district’s overall result across 1892–2024, on its current boundaries.
County-level results (4 counties) — table
2024 presidential result by county for California 17th State Senate District — winner and D-vs-R margin.
CountyWinnerMargin
Monterey County, CADemocraticD+29.9
San Benito County, CADemocraticD+12.6
San Luis Obispo County, CADemocraticD+10.9
Santa Cruz County, CADemocraticD+54.1
5 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
D
64.3%Harris276,043
32.4%Trump139,176
3.3%Kennedy14,107
+31.9%
429,326
D
68.4%Biden318,602
29.2%Trump136,188
2.4%Jorgensen11,095
+39.2%
465,885
D
65.0%Clinton252,476
28.2%Trump109,426
6.9%Johnson26,813
+36.8%
388,715
D
66.9%Obama235,685
33.1%Romney116,646
0.0%
+33.8%
352,331
D
67.4%Obama249,937
32.2%McCain119,329
0.5%Nader1,719
+35.2%
370,985
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2008–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 2008 to 2024. Most recent: +31.9% in 2024.+31.9%DR20082024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
2008+35.2%
2012+33.8%
2016+36.8%
2020+39.2%
2024+31.9%
DemocraticRepublican
current representation
Current officeholders
DJohn LairdState Senate · 17

State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.

Source · OpenStates current legislator CSV.

Covering inland terrain where agriculture and working-class suburbs dominate, this district backed the 2024 Republican presidential nominee by 12 points — an outlier in a state that went Democratic by double digits statewide.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 39.2 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 7.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 31.9 points.

A population of 1,000,630, a 51% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $101,663 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 33 and State Senate District 21.

Political twins — state-senate districts

The state-senate districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.

State Senate District 33
California
92.3twin score
population scale2016–2024 trajectory≠ % Latino
State Senate District 21
California
91.2twin score
population scale% Latino2016–2020 trajectory≠ Mexican ancestry
State Senate District 20
California
91.1twin score
2008–2020 trajectorypopulation scale≠ 12-yr trend

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.

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Places within California 17th State Senate District

counties it covers4
Monterey CountySan Benito CountySan Luis Obispo CountySanta Cruz County

Frequently asked questions

How did California 17th State Senate District vote in 2024?
In 2024, California 17th State Senate District voted Democratic by 31.9 points (D+31.9), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 429,326 votes cast, 276,043 went Democratic and 139,176 went Republican.
How many people live in California 17th State Senate District?
California 17th State Senate District has a population of 1,000,630 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in California 17th State Senate District?
Median household income in California 17th State Senate District is $101,663 — above the national median of $80,734. The California state median is $99,122.
What is the political history of California 17th State Senate District?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in California 17th State Senate District from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.