Religious adherence is published only at the county level (U.S. Religion Census). See Lancaster County.
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024.
Pennsylvania 36th State Senate District
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Pennsylvania 36th State Senate DistrictTrumpR+15.2
20082024
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican
56.9%
88,510
Kamala HarrisDemocratic
41.6%
64,772
Jill SteinGreen
1.5%
2,382
D+60R+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 Pennsylvania 36th State Senate District — winner and D-vs-R margin.
County
Winner
Margin
Lancaster County, PA
Republican
R+15.9
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5 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Total
R
41.6%Harris64,772
56.9%Trump88,510
1.5%Stein2,382
−15.2%
155,664
R
41.0%Biden61,135
57.5%Trump85,725
1.5%Jorgensen2,302
−16.5%
149,162
R
35.7%Clinton45,532
59.0%Trump75,254
5.2%Johnson6,666
−23.3%
127,452
R
37.5%Obama43,118
62.5%Romney71,930
0.0%
−25.0%
115,048
R
41.1%Obama48,809
57.7%McCain68,460
1.1%Nader1,359
−16.6%
118,628
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presidential history
Presidential margin, 2008–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2008
−16.6%
2012
−25.0%
2016
−23.3%
2020
−16.5%
2024
−15.2%
DemocraticRepublican
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current representation
Current officeholders
DJames MaloneState Senate · 36
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+28.3, this district ranks among the state's most reliably left-tilting senate seats, suggesting a dense urban or inner-suburban core where Democratic candidates routinely post landslide-scale results.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 25.0 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.2 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 15.2 points.
A population of 268,842, a 86% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $89,828 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 34 and State Senate District 4.
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Political twins — state-senate districts
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.
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How did Pennsylvania 36th State Senate District vote in 2024?
In 2024, Pennsylvania 36th State Senate District voted Republican by 15.2 points (R+15.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 155,664 votes cast, 64,772 went Democratic and 88,510 went Republican.
How many people live in Pennsylvania 36th State Senate District?
Pennsylvania 36th State Senate District has a population of 268,842 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Pennsylvania 36th State Senate District?
Median household income in Pennsylvania 36th State Senate District is $89,828 — above the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Pennsylvania 36th State Senate District?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in Pennsylvania 36th State Senate District from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 5 went Republican.
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