- Lead
- 697
- Total
- 34,420
- vs nation
- D+3.5
Nevada 5th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 3,528
- Total
- 34,345
- vs nation
- D+5.8
- Lead
- 2,873
- Total
- 28,683
- vs nation
- D+7.9
- Lead
- 3,576
- Total
- 25,799
- vs nation
- D+10.0
- Lead
- 4,431
- Total
- 24,321
- vs nation
- D+10.9
- Lead
- 853
- Total
- 20,405
- vs nation
- D+6.6
- Lead
- 845
- Total
- 14,325
- vs nation
- D+5.4
- Lead
- 858
- Total
- 9,794
- vs nation
- D+0.2
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+2.0MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 74,0602024 5-year
- Population density
- 7,121 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 10.4 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $75,6082024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 46.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 10.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 19.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+59.6 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+30.3 in 1980MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Assembly District 41, NV · twin score 96.9
presidential history
Party record book
Nevada 5th 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
58.0%
14,110 votes · D+18.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 56.0%
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
62.8%
3,541 votes · R+27.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1980 · 59.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
18,591votes
54.1% of the vote · D+10.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 17,268 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
16,571votes
48.1% of the vote · D+2.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 15,063 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
+10.9pts D vs U.S.
Place D+18.2 · U.S. D+7.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · +10.0 pts
Republican
Ronald Reagan1980
+20.6pts R vs U.S.
Place R+30.3 · U.S. R+9.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · +9.4 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Nevada 5th State House District sits in the desert Southwest. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 59.6 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 30.3 points in 1980. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 8.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 2.0 points.
A population of 74,060, a 47% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $75,608 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Assembly District 41 and Assembly District 42.
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.
District research tools
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