Texas 36th Congressional District, Texas: Old Confederacy district. In 2024, voted R+18%. Democratic peak: D+79 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+18MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
- Population
- 1,096,2402024 5-year
- Median household income
- $73,8902024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 43.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 17.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 37.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+79 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+25 in 1972MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Congressional District 36, TXOne 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 154,273 | 221,191 | 380,368 | ||
| R | 173,640 | 211,439 | 389,957 | ||
| R | 136,782 | 169,401 | 317,755 | ||
| R | 121,096 | 169,228 | 293,809 | ||
| R | 124,338 | 160,261 | 286,790 | ||
| R | 111,293 | 157,532 | 270,437 | ||
| R | 102,520 | 137,729 | 245,862 | ||
| R | 99,990 | 103,264 | 219,578 | ||
| D | 97,654 | 94,679 | 240,055 | ||
| R | 101,942 | 110,363 | 213,727 | ||
| R | 94,202 | 130,081 | 224,882 | ||
| R | 83,760 | 98,418 | 188,341 | ||
| D | 91,274 | 80,663 | 173,290 | ||
| R | 54,569 | 92,009 | 147,136 | ||
| D | 48,937 | 47,532 | 130,187 | ||
| D | 67,129 | 41,296 | 108,677 | ||
| D | 49,450 | 44,828 | 95,960 | ||
| R | 30,398 | 45,027 | 76,407 | ||
| R | 38,111 | 41,018 | 79,197 | ||
| D | 23,814 | 10,012 | 41,652 | ||
| D | 26,844 | 4,528 | 36,768 | ||
| D | 29,810 | 6,068 | 35,927 | ||
| D | 23,790 | 2,736 | 26,604 | ||
| D | 22,943 | 2,956 | 26,046 | ||
| R | 9,500 | 10,217 | 19,745 | ||
| D | 11,333 | 4,441 | 16,583 | ||
| D | 6,930 | 2,206 | 11,263 | ||
| D | 6,636 | 1,222 | 8,321 | ||
| D | 4,661 | 431 | 6,521 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
6.6%
English
6.5%
American
5.3%
Irish
4.9%
French
2.0%
Italian
1.7%
Polish
0.6%
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: 35.4 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
$73,890
Congressional District 36 ranks near the middle of US counties.
Congressional District 36$73,890
Texas$78,476
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
16.5%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1822.9%
Working age (18–64)14.2%
Seniors (65+)13.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
63.1%
speak English only
Spanish29.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander3.5%
Other Indo-European2.6%
Other languages1.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 43.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Texas 36th Congressional District sits in the Gulf South and Southern Plains. For nearly a century after Reconstruction, the district voted Democratic — not because of New Deal politics, but because of the long memory of the Civil War. The Democratic party of the Solid South was the party of segregation, and in Texas 36th Congressional District as throughout the former Confederacy, Republican identification was politically untenable until the second half of the twentieth century.
The shift began with civil rights. 1996 marked the realignment in Texas 36th Congressional District, by a one points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at twenty-five points in 1972. The 2024 margin was eighteen points.
The political shift has tracked, in Texas 36th Congressional District, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 44% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $73,890, and a 17% poverty rate describe the demographic context.
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Congressional District 36, Texas — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cd/4836/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Congressional District 36, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Congressional District 36, Texas voted Republican by 17.6 points (R+18), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 380,368 votes cast, 154,273 went Democratic and 221,191 went Republican.
What is Congressional District 36, Texas's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Congressional District 36, Texas as a "Old Confederacy" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 14 times, Republican 15 times, and other 0 times.
When did Congressional District 36, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 36, Texas voted Democratic was 1992.
How many people live in Congressional District 36, Texas?
Congressional District 36, Texas has a population of 1,096,240 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Congressional District 36, Texas?
Median household income in Congressional District 36, Texas is $73,890 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Congressional District 36, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 36, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 15 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.