- Lead
- 2,574
- Total
- 28,537
- vs nation
- D+10.5
Nevada 3rd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 4,223
- Total
- 29,242
- vs nation
- D+10.0
- Lead
- 3,630
- Total
- 25,076
- vs nation
- D+12.4
- Lead
- 4,210
- Total
- 22,601
- vs nation
- D+14.8
- Lead
- 4,880
- Total
- 21,346
- vs nation
- D+15.6
- Lead
- 1,550
- Total
- 17,725
- vs nation
- D+11.2
- Lead
- 1,294
- Total
- 12,471
- vs nation
- D+9.9
- Lead
- 1,091
- Total
- 8,585
- vs nation
- D+4.2
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+9.0MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 74,0792024 5-year
- Population density
- 6,734 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 11 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $61,8962024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 34.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 15.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 38.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+67.6 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+26.5 in 1980MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Assembly District 10, NV · twin score 98.3
presidential history
Party record book
Nevada 3rd State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1972–2024 · 14 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
60.4%
12,886 votes · D+22.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 58.4%
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
60.5%
2,937 votes · R+23.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1980 · 57.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
16,394votes
56.1% of the vote · D+14.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 15,279 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
12,705votes
44.5% of the vote · D+9.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 12,171 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
Barack Obama2008
+15.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+22.9 · U.S. D+7.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · +14.8 pts
Republican
Ronald Reagan1980
+16.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+26.5 · U.S. R+9.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · +5.0 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Nevada's 3rd Assembly District sits in the Las Vegas metro, where a modest D+9.0 presidential margin in 2024 reflects the competitive suburban electorate that has made it a reliable bellwether for statewide trends.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 67.6 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 26.5 points in 1980. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 5.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 9.0 points.
A population of 74,079, a 35% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $61,896 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Assembly District 10 and Assembly District 20.
The state-house 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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