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State Senate District 36·Florida

Florida 36th State Senate District has voted Democratic for as long as anyone now living can remember.

A Tampa Bay-area district trending toward competitive ground

20082024·5 elections
FL
Latest
R+11
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
540,685
2024 ACS

Florida 36th State Senate District, Florida: Democratic loyalist district. In 2024, voted R+11%. Democratic peak: D+30 in 2016.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+11MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Democratic loyalistAkashic typology
Population
540,6852024 5-year
Median household income
$71,7532024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
26.5%2024 5-year
Black
14.7%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
69.3%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+30 in 2016MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+11 in 2024MIT Election Lab
1 counties · 0 D · 1 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−11.4%
94,845119,573216,030
D
+7.4%
121,996105,207228,412
D
+29.6%
123,23765,948193,540
D
+23.7%
106,90765,747173,593
D
+16.1%
98,69171,190170,721

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
4.6%
Italian
2.4%
German
1.7%
Irish
1.3%
English
1.2%
French
0.8%
Polish
0.7%
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.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
24.7%
speak English only
Spanish66.7%
Other Indo-European7.1%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.9%
Other languages0.7%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
30.0%
Other Christian
10.9%
Baptist
4.8%
Non-Christian
2.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.5%
Mainline Protestant
0.9%
Methodist
0.8%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 48.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Florida Senate District 36 sits in the Tampa Bay corridor, where suburban growth has compressed what were once reliably wide margins — the 2024 presidential result landed at R+3.0, well within swing territory.

The Democratic margin in Florida 36th State Senate District reached its widest at thirty points in 2016. The margin in 2024 was eleven points — a notable narrowing.

Its loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $71,753, a 27% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 540,685 together describe a district whose political habits are deeply settled.

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State Senate District 36, Florida — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/sld-upper/12036/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did State Senate District 36, Florida vote in 2024?
In 2024, State Senate District 36, Florida voted Republican by 11.4 points (R+11), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 216,030 votes cast, 94,845 went Democratic and 119,573 went Republican.
What is State Senate District 36, Florida's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State Senate District 36, Florida as a "Democratic loyalist" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 5 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 4 times, Republican 1 times, and other 0 times.
When did State Senate District 36, Florida last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which State Senate District 36, Florida voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in State Senate District 36, Florida?
State Senate District 36, Florida has a population of 540,685 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, Florida?
Median household income in State Senate District 36, Florida is $71,753 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of State Senate District 36, Florida?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in State Senate District 36, Florida from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 1 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Democratic loyalist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.