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Iowa 36th State Senate District
presidential margin
2008D+27.02012D+22.92016D+9.52020D+9.02024D+3.0
full record · 2008 → 2024
D+3.0
2024
median income$67,952U.S. $80,734 · IA $75,059
median age39.0U.S. 39.1 · IA 38.8
poverty rate12.1%U.S. 12.5% · IA 11.1%
bachelor’s+ (25+)33.4%U.S. 35.6% · IA 31.8%
non-english4.8%U.S. 22.3% · IA 9.2%
race · ethnicity · ancestry
German43.5%
Irish18.9%
English6.5%
African American†4.7%
African0.6%
Mexican2.2%
Puerto Rican0.4%
Marshallese2.2%
Filipino0.3%
Asian Indian0.3%
Chinese0.2%
religion

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

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

Iowa 36th State Senate District

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Iowa 36th State Senate DistrictHarrisD+3.0
2024
2024 presidential margin for Iowa 36th State Senate DistrictThe boundary of Iowa 36th State Senate District, filled by its 2024 presidential margin (D+3.0), over faint outlines of the counties it is drawn from.Iowa 36th State Senate District · D+3.0
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Kamala Harris ✓Democratic50.6%16,008
Donald TrumpRepublican47.7%15,068
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.We The People1.7%539
D+60
R+60
District boundary, filled by its own 2024 D-vs-R margin — precinct detail where available, over the 1 county 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 (1 county) — table
2024 presidential result by county for Iowa 36th State Senate District — winner and D-vs-R margin.
CountyWinnerMargin
Dubuque County, IARepublicanR+8.6
5 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
D
50.6%Harris16,008
47.7%Trump15,068
1.7%Kennedy539
+3.0%
31,615
D
53.4%Biden17,673
44.4%Trump14,685
2.3%Jorgensen745
+9.0%
33,103
D
51.0%Clinton15,899
41.6%Trump12,954
7.4%Johnson2,297
+9.5%
31,150
D
61.4%Obama19,805
38.6%Romney12,428
0.0%
+22.9%
32,233
D
62.7%Obama19,621
35.7%McCain11,176
1.6%Nader500
+27.0%
31,297
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: +3.0% in 2024.+3.0%DR20082024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
2008+27.0%
2012+22.9%
2016+9.5%
2020+9.0%
2024+3.0%
DemocraticRepublican
current representation
Current officeholders
DTom TownsendState Senate · 36

State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.

Source · OpenStates current legislator CSV.

Anchored in a dense urban core, this district delivered a 52-point Democratic presidential margin in 2024 — an outlier in a state that has trended sharply Republican statewide over the past decade.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 27.0 points in 2008. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 6.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 3.0 points.

A population of 64,299, a 86% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $67,952 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 37.

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
Iowa
82.1twin score
% Catholic12-yr trend% Evangelical
State Senate District 37
Montana
76.6twin score
12-yr trend2008–2012 trajectory% Evangelical≠ population scale
State Senate District 17
Wisconsin
72.7twin score
12-yr trend2008–2012 trajectoryelasticity≠ % Catholic

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 Iowa 36th State Senate District

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Dubuque County

Frequently asked questions

How did Iowa 36th State Senate District vote in 2024?
In 2024, Iowa 36th State Senate District voted Democratic by 3.0 points (D+3.0), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 31,615 votes cast, 16,008 went Democratic and 15,068 went Republican.
How many people live in Iowa 36th State Senate District?
Iowa 36th State Senate District has a population of 64,299 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Iowa 36th State Senate District?
Median household income in Iowa 36th State Senate District is $67,952 — below the national median of $80,734. The Iowa state median is $75,059.
What is the political history of Iowa 36th State Senate District?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in Iowa 36th State Senate District from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.