Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the city’s overall result across 2004–2024, on current city boundaries.
President results by year
Vote totals, margins, and source status
HarrisDemocratic62.9%1,567TrumpRepublican33.8%841OtherAll other candidates3.3%83
D+29.1
Lead
726
Total
2,491
vs nation
D+30.6
BidenDemocratic59.4%1,567TrumpRepublican37.9%1,001OtherAll other candidates2.7%72
D+21.4
Lead
566
Total
2,640
vs nation
D+17.0
ClintonDemocratic50.4%1,177TrumpRepublican37.9%886OtherAll other candidates11.7%273
D+12.5
Lead
291
Total
2,336
vs nation
D+10.4
ObamaDemocratic44.6%1,087RomneyRepublican50.3%1,226OtherAll other candidates5.1%124
R+5.7
Lead
139
Total
2,437
vs nation
R+9.6
ObamaDemocratic50.9%1,294McCainRepublican48.7%1,238OtherAll other candidates0.4%10
D+2.2
Lead
56
Total
2,542
vs nation
R+5.1
KerryDemocratic41.9%998BushRepublican57.2%1,362OtherAll other candidates0.8%20
R+15.3
Lead
364
Total
2,380
vs nation
R+12.8
Key facts
2024 presidential margin
D+29.1MIT Election Lab
Population
3,1602024 5-year
Population density
1,663 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
Land area
1.9 sq miTIGER/Line
Median household income
$143,6462024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
75.0%2024 5-year
Black
0.0%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
12.0%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+29.1 in 2024MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+15.3 in 2004MIT Election Lab
Participation
Turnout and midterm durability
Participation measured against the same-year citizen voting-age population. Audited cycles count total general-election participants — ballots or participating voters, not presidential candidate votes. Cycles before 2016 predate that series and are derived from the certified presidential returns instead; they are marked everywhere they appear and are excluded from the figures below.
2012–20246 cycles · 5 audited
2024 turnout
95.0%2,508 participants ÷ 2,641 CVAP
2020→2022 drop-off
+22.1 ptsPresidential-dependent
Drop-off vs state
+6.8 ptsPositive means a larger decline than the statewide pattern
Mechanical 2026
72.9%–78.3%Recent-cycle and two-cycle persistence scenarios; not a forecast
Participation by cycle
Presidential Midterm Derived, pre-2016
0%20%40%60%80%100%
69.0%
74.4%
201220162018202020222024
Select a presidential cycle to show it on the map and results ledger above.
Cycle
Participants
CVAP
Turnout
Series
Quality
2,508
2,641 ± 252
95.0%
Audited
E/A
2022Mid
2,046
2,751 ± 272
74.4%
Audited
E/A
2,656
2,753 ± 272
96.5%
Audited
E/A
2018Mid
2,063
2,990 ± 274
69.0%
Audited
E/A
2,354
2,936 ± 228
80.2%
Audited
E/A
2,437
3,051
79.9%
Derived
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Sources and methods
Audited cycles (2016, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024) count total general-election participants against the same-year CVAP special tabulation, each cell carrying its own numerator and denominator quality grade. Derived cycles (2012) come from the certified presidential returns on this page over the ACS 5-year CVAP series, so they measure presidential votes cast rather than ballots — a floor on participation. Where a derived cycle predates the ACS its denominator is extrapolated rather than read, and says so on its own line below. They are shown for the longer arc and are excluded from the drop-off, excess-drop-off, and 2026 scenario figures above.
2024: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 323/229.
2022: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 322/184.
2020: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 321/4.
2018: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 320/139.
2016: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 319/133.
2012 (derived): Certified presidential returns · ACS 5-year CVAP (B05003); presidential votes cast — a floor on participation, not a ballot count.
presidential history
Party record book
Sandia Heights, NM · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
2004–2024 · 6 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
62.9%
1,567 votes · D+29.1
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 59.4%
Republican
George W. Bush2004
57.2%
1,362 votes · R+15.3
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · 50.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
1,567votes
62.9% of the vote · D+29.1
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 1,567 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
1,362votes
57.2% of the vote · R+15.3
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · 1,238 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
Kamala Harris2024
+30.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+29.1 · U.S. R+1.5
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +17.0 pts
Republican
George W. Bush2004
+12.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+15.3 · U.S. R+2.5
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · +9.6 pts
U.S. House elections · 2 House
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row shows U.S. House votes counted inside this Place. “Vote lead” is the local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
Sandia Heights · which candidate this place backed in each party’s presidential nominating contest, cycle by cycle. A primary is a contest inside one party, so it has no Democratic–Republican margin and is not part of the general-election record above.
Akashic reports votes cast, not delegates awarded. The two can disagree: Clinton led the 2008 national primary popular vote by less than half a point and did not win the nomination.
Primary returns are published at county grain. The figures below are Bernalillo County, New Mexico, the county containing Sandia Heights — Sandia Heights’s own primary vote sits inside those totals and is not separately reported.
Presidential nominating contests in Sandia Heights, by party and cycle.
○no contest record — Akashic holds no result for that party and cycle here. It is not a claim that no contest was held. Telling apart a contest that was cancelled, one that went uncontested, and one simply not yet ingested needs a nominating-contest calendar, which is a separate ingest from results and does not exist yet.
Republican presidential primaries are not yet ingested — the Republican series runs from 1856 and is in scope. The row is kept so its absence is visible: a Democratic-only panel would otherwise read as though no one else held a contest.
Akashic carries 10 states for 2012 and 3 states for 2024. Cycles in which an incumbent president seeks renomination are thin by nature — few states run a contested primary — so a sparse column is politics, not a hole in the record.
County returns carry a leader and a lead over the runner-up, and nothing more. The full candidate field with vote shares is published at state grain — follow a cycle above to the state contest for it.
Perched on the western slopes of the Sandia Mountains northeast of Albuquerque, this small census-designated place combines high household incomes and advanced-degree residents with a voting pattern that often diverges from surrounding Bernalillo County precincts.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 29.1 points in 2024 and a Republican high of 15.3 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 7.7 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 29.1 points.
A population of 3,160, a 75% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $143,646 describe the city.
In 2024, Sandia Heights, New Mexico voted Democratic by 29.1 points (D+29.1), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 2,491 votes cast, 1,567 went Democratic and 841 went Republican.
When did Sandia Heights, New Mexico last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Sandia Heights, New Mexico voted Republican was 2012.
How many people live in Sandia Heights, New Mexico?
Sandia Heights, New Mexico has a population of 3,160 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sandia Heights, New Mexico?
Median household income in Sandia Heights, New Mexico is $143,646 — above the national median of $80,734. The New Mexico state median is $64,059.
What is the political history of Sandia Heights, New Mexico?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Sandia Heights, New Mexico from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 2 went Republican.
