- Lead
- 5,769
- Total
- 24,831
- vs nation
- R+21.8
Nebraska 36th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 4,667
- Total
- 21,791
- vs nation
- R+25.9
- Lead
- 5,078
- Total
- 17,141
- vs nation
- R+31.7
- Lead
- 5,039
- Total
- 15,458
- vs nation
- R+36.5
- Lead
- 3,790
- Total
- 14,652
- vs nation
- R+33.1
- Lead
- 6,158
- Total
- 13,176
- vs nation
- R+44.3
- Lead
- 4,215
- Total
- 10,331
- vs nation
- R+41.3
- Lead
- 3,246
- Total
- 9,241
- vs nation
- R+43.6
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+23.2MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 40,5892024 5-year
- Population density
- 274 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 148 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $132,8802024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 86.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+17.9 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+56.7 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 49, NE · twin score 96.9
presidential history
Party record book
Nebraska 36th State Senate District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1932
58.4%
1,017 votes · D+17.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 57.5%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
78.3%
3,687 votes · R+56.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 77.5%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
9,410votes
37.9% of the vote · R+23.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 8,297 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
15,179votes
61.1% of the vote · R+23.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 12,964 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
Franklin D. Roosevelt1932
+0.1pts D vs U.S.
Place D+17.9 · U.S. D+17.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John W. Davis, 1924 · −1.2 pts
Republican
Benjamin Harrison1892
+50.0pts R vs U.S.
Place R+48.3 · U.S. D+1.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · +44.3 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.
With a 2024 presidential margin of R+23.1, District 36 ranks among Nebraska's more one-sided state senate contests. Its sparse population and agricultural economy have produced consistent Republican alignment across multiple election cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 17.9 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 56.7 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 23.2 points.
A population of 40,589, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $132,880 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 49 and State Senate District 14.
The state-senate 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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Nebraska 36th State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/31036/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.