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Pennsylvania 32nd State Senate District

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President margin by year

Place winner margin

1876–2024 · D minus R

Full record · 1876 → 2024

2024

Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab

The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the district’s overall result across 1892–2024, on its current boundaries.

People and households

Who lives here

Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.

Race · ethnicity · ancestry

Communities and origins

German26.3%21.6%12.5%

Irish13.2%14.8%9.4%

English9.8%8.3%9.5%

Italian8.3%10.6%4.8%

Polish6.1%5.4%2.2%

American5.2%4.4%5.3%

Slovak2.1%0.8%—

Hungarian1.4%——

African American†2.7%8.7%9.9%

Mexican0.4%1.4%11.3%

Puerto Rican0.3%3.7%1.8%

Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.

Age and life stage

Measure	PA SD 32	Pennsylvania	United States
Median age	46	41.2	39.1
Age 18–24	7.0%	8.9%	9.2%
Age 65 and older	23.2%	19.5%	17.2%

Household economy

Measure	PA SD 32	Pennsylvania	United States
Median household income	$59,401	$77,971	$84,427
Poverty rate	14.1%	11.7%	12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)	18.2%	35.2%	35.6%

Housing and tenure

Measure	PA SD 32	Pennsylvania	United States
Owner-occupied homes	75.4%	69.3%	65.2%
Renter-occupied homes	24.6%	30.7%	34.8%
Median home value	$154,300	$254,500	$332,700
Median gross rent (monthly)	$781	$1,209	$1,413
Renters paying 30%+ of income	43.4%	48.2%	51.1%
Vacant housing units	15.5%	9.2%	10.1%

Getting to work

Measure	PA SD 32	Pennsylvania	United States
Mean commute	25.7 min	26.3 min	26.4 min
Commutes 60 minutes or more	9.0%	8.1%	8.6%
Drives alone to work	80.2%	68.2%	68.8%
Takes public transit	0.6%	3.6%	3.2%
Works from home	7.6%	15.6%	15.1%

Languages at home

Measure	PA SD 32	Pennsylvania	United States
Speaks a non-English language at home	3.0%	12.4%	22.3%
German or other West Germanic	1.1%	0.9%	0.5%

Religious landscape

Measure	PA SD 32	Pennsylvania	United States
Catholic	—	21.9%	18.6%
Evangelical Protestant	—	9.3%	16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted	—	53.1%	51.5%

Origins and service

Measure	PA SD 32	Pennsylvania	United States
Foreign-born residents	1.3%	7.7%	14.1%
Naturalized citizens	0.7%	4.3%	7.4%
Not U.S. citizens	0.6%	3.4%	6.8%
Veterans (18+)	7.4%	6.1%	6.2%
Income inequality (Gini)	0.438	0.474	0.483

American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations · American Community Survey 2024 — housing and tenure (B25003, B25002, B25077, B25064, B25070), commuting (B08013, B08303, B08301), origins and service (B05002, B21001, B19083).

President results by year

Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries

HarrisDemocratic24.7%33,303TrumpRepublican74.8%100,886OtherAll other candidates0.6%762

R+50.1

Lead: 67,583
Total: 134,951
vs nation: R+48.6

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

BidenDemocratic25.8%34,266TrumpRepublican73.3%97,240OtherAll other candidates0.8%1,105

R+47.5

Lead: 62,974
Total: 132,611
vs nation: R+51.9

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

ClintonDemocratic25.6%29,636TrumpRepublican71.5%82,860OtherAll other candidates3.0%3,448

R+45.9

Lead: 53,224
Total: 115,944
vs nation: R+48.0

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

ObamaDemocratic34.7%36,894RomneyRepublican63.8%67,895OtherAll other candidates1.5%1,584

R+29.1

Lead: 31,001
Total: 106,373
vs nation: R+33.0

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

ObamaDemocratic40.5%45,609McCainRepublican57.7%65,054OtherAll other candidates1.8%2,072

R+17.2

Lead: 19,445
Total: 112,735
vs nation: R+24.5

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

KerryDemocratic42.0%48,853BushRepublican57.3%66,598OtherAll other candidates0.6%739

R+15.3

Lead: 17,745
Total: 116,190
vs nation: R+12.8

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

GoreDemocratic44.8%46,456BushRepublican52.8%54,758OtherAll other candidates2.5%2,546

R+8.0

Lead: 8,302
Total: 103,760
vs nation: R+8.5

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

ClintonDemocratic46.7%45,731DoleRepublican40.4%39,539OtherAll other candidates12.9%12,649

D+6.3

Lead: 6,192
Total: 97,919
vs nation: R+2.2

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: R+50.1MIT Election Lab
Population: 254,9402024 5-year
Population density: 89 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
Land area: 2,879 sq miTIGER/Line
Median household income: $59,4012024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 91.7%2024 5-year
Black: 3.0%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 1.2%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+30.1 in 1964MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+50.1 in 2024MIT Election Lab
Most similar: State Senate District 27, PA · twin score 94.6

presidential history

Party record book

Pennsylvania 32nd 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

Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.

Democratic

Lyndon B. Johnson1964

64.9%

73,455 votes · D+30.1 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 59.7%

Republican

Donald Trump2024

74.8%

100,886 votes · R+50.1 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 73.3%

Most votes

Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.

Democratic

Franklin D. Roosevelt1936

74,222votes

59.7% of the vote · D+20.5 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964 · 73,455 votes

Republican

Donald Trump2024

100,886votes

74.8% of the vote · R+50.1 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 97,240 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

Walter Mondale1984

+18.8pts D vs U.S.

Place D+0.6 · U.S. R+18.2 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · Adlai Stevenson, 1952 · +16.8 pts

Republican

Donald Trump2020

+51.9pts R vs U.S.

Place R+47.5 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · +48.6 pts

current representation

Current officeholders

RPat StefanoState Senate · 32

State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.

U.S. House elections · 3 House

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.

Source · Akashic county-allocated estimate from certified county returns, House; not precinct-counted.
Year	Vote lead	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	25.0%31,694	75.0%94,893	126,587
2020	R	26.4%33,879	73.6%94,460	128,339
2018	R	31.5%27,637	68.5%60,193	87,830

Pennsylvania 32nd State Senate District sits in the Mid-Atlantic. In 2024 it voted Republican.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 30.1 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 50.1 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 50.1 points.

A population of 254,940, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $59,401 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 27 and State Senate District 1.

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 27

2016–2024 trajectory12-yr trend≠ Polish ancestry

State Senate District 1

elasticity2016–2020 trajectory12-yr trend≠ Scottish ancestry

State Senate District 23

2012–2024 trajectory≠ Scottish ancestry

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 Pennsylvania 32nd State Senate District

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Frequently asked questions

How did Pennsylvania 32nd State Senate District vote in 2024?

In 2024, Pennsylvania 32nd State Senate District voted Republican by 50.1 points (R+50.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 134,951 votes cast, 33,303 went Democratic and 100,886 went Republican.

When did Pennsylvania 32nd State Senate District last vote Democratic?

The most recent presidential election in which Pennsylvania 32nd State Senate District voted Democratic was 1996.

How many people live in Pennsylvania 32nd State Senate District?

Pennsylvania 32nd State Senate District has a population of 254,940 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Pennsylvania 32nd State Senate District?

Median household income in Pennsylvania 32nd State Senate District is $59,401 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.

What is the political history of Pennsylvania 32nd State Senate District?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Pennsylvania 32nd State Senate District from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 22 went Republican.