Virginia 36th State Senate District, Virginia: Realigner district. In 2024, voted D+35%. Democratic peak: D+60 in 1912.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+35MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- RealignerAkashic typology
- Population
- 276,5232024 5-year
- Median household income
- $153,6372024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 49.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 9.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 17.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+60 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+34 in 1928MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for State Senate District 36, VAOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 93,096 | 43,820 | 141,998 | ||
| D | 101,168 | 40,569 | 144,743 | ||
| D | 85,554 | 37,994 | 132,785 | ||
| D | 75,952 | 49,813 | 127,510 | ||
| D | 74,768 | 48,421 | 124,370 | ||
| D | 59,184 | 51,068 | 111,150 | ||
| R | 47,339 | 48,707 | 99,682 | ||
| R | 40,991 | 42,408 | 87,995 | ||
| R | 38,590 | 41,072 | 92,802 | ||
| R | 30,285 | 48,336 | 79,106 | ||
| R | 25,848 | 44,130 | 70,176 | ||
| R | 17,763 | 33,154 | 57,747 | ||
| R | 22,172 | 26,602 | 49,617 | ||
| R | 13,212 | 27,014 | 40,773 | ||
| R | 10,792 | 13,843 | 28,263 | ||
| D | 11,727 | 7,409 | 19,156 | ||
| R | 6,279 | 6,747 | 13,062 | ||
| R | 3,766 | 5,001 | 8,978 | ||
| R | 2,007 | 3,137 | 5,150 | ||
| R | 896 | 1,188 | 2,286 | ||
| R | 863 | 975 | 1,846 | ||
| D | 786 | 571 | 1,364 | ||
| D | 702 | 382 | 1,091 | ||
| D | 654 | 330 | 1,001 | ||
| R | 296 | 604 | 900 | ||
| D | 382 | 184 | 614 | ||
| D | 385 | 238 | 630 | ||
| D | 284 | 114 | 401 | ||
| D | 239 | 45 | 322 | ||
| D | 275 | 97 | 376 | ||
| D | 186 | 102 | 292 | ||
| D | 514 | 363 | 881 | ||
| D | 508 | 452 | 967 | ||
| D | 522 | 370 | 899 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
10.2%
German
10.1%
Irish
9.5%
Italian
4.5%
American
3.3%
Polish
2.3%
Scottish
1.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 39.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$153,637
State Senate District 36 ranks near the middle of US counties.
State Senate District 36$153,637
Virginia$93,170
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
5.9%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 187.2%
Working age (18–64)5.5%
Seniors (65+)6.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
61.0%
speak English only
Spanish13.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander11.7%
Other Indo-European8.8%
Other languages4.9%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 52.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Virginia 36th State Senate District sits in the Mid-Atlantic and Appalachia. Its political identity was forged in the union halls of the mid-twentieth century, when industrial labor and the Democratic party became, for working people, two faces of the same political fact. That identity held for 9 consecutive presidential elections.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Virginia 36th State Senate District peaked at sixty points in 1912; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2004 election delivered the district to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of seven points. By 2024, the margin had settled into deep Republican territory.
The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $153,637 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line.
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Frequently asked questions
How did State Senate District 36, Virginia vote in 2024?
In 2024, State Senate District 36, Virginia voted Democratic by 34.7 points (D+35), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 141,998 votes cast, 93,096 went Democratic and 43,820 went Republican.
What is State Senate District 36, Virginia's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State Senate District 36, Virginia as a "Realigner" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 19 times, Republican 15 times, and other 0 times.
When did State Senate District 36, Virginia last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which State Senate District 36, Virginia voted Republican was 2000.
How many people live in State Senate District 36, Virginia?
State Senate District 36, Virginia has a population of 276,523 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in State Senate District 36, Virginia?
Median household income in State Senate District 36, Virginia is $153,637 — above the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of State Senate District 36, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in State Senate District 36, Virginia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 15 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Realigner" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.