- Lead
- 64,138
- Total
- 97,854
- vs nation
- D+67.0
New York 36th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 83,556
- Total
- 107,837
- vs nation
- D+73.0
- Lead
- 81,859
- Total
- 100,206
- vs nation
- D+79.6
- Lead
- 77,392
- Total
- 92,223
- vs nation
- D+80.1
- Lead
- 77,180
- Total
- 95,452
- vs nation
- D+73.6
- Lead
- 61,652
- Total
- 85,407
- vs nation
- D+74.6
- Lead
- 60,620
- Total
- 78,431
- vs nation
- D+76.8
- Lead
- 56,576
- Total
- 73,235
- vs nation
- D+68.7
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+65.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 318,9592024 5-year
- Population density
- 28,226 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 11.3 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $69,0222024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 8.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 51.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 27.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+83.9 in 2012MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+18.7 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 19, NY · twin score 96.8
presidential history
Party record book
New York 36th State Senate District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2020 (partial returns from 1876) · 37 presidential cycles · 37 with a vote-share denominator · 33 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2012
91.8%
84,653 votes · D+83.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 90.3%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
50.8%
17,502 votes · R+18.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · 37.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
97,058votes
80.6% of the vote · D+61.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 95,419 votes
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
44,065votes
37.2% of the vote · D+25.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 · 41,039 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
Barack Obama2012
+80.1pts D vs U.S.
Place D+83.9 · U.S. D+3.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hillary Clinton, 2016 · +79.6 pts
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
−7.5pts R vs U.S.
Place R+18.7 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Thomas E. Dewey, 1944 · −11.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | D | 73.5%63,965 | 26.5%23,010 | 86,975 |
With a 2024 presidential margin exceeding 49 points Democratic, this district ranks among the most heavily blue state senate seats in New York, reflecting a dense, urban electorate where competitive general elections are rare.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 83.9 points in 2012 and a Republican high of 18.7 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 11.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 65.5 points.
A population of 318,959, a 8% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $69,022 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 19 and State Senate District 32.
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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New York 36th State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/36036/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.