- Lead
- 302
- Total
- 33,040
- vs nation
- D+2.4
Nevada 12th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 3,311
- Total
- 30,990
- vs nation
- D+6.2
- Lead
- 4,016
- Total
- 24,479
- vs nation
- D+14.3
- Lead
- 4,532
- Total
- 22,062
- vs nation
- D+16.7
- Lead
- 5,162
- Total
- 20,873
- vs nation
- D+17.5
- Lead
- 1,878
- Total
- 17,274
- vs nation
- D+13.3
- Lead
- 1,508
- Total
- 12,154
- vs nation
- D+11.9
- Lead
- 1,220
- Total
- 8,363
- vs nation
- D+6.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+0.9MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 74,1062024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,205 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 61.5 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $87,0322024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 28.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 9.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 46.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+69.9 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+24.4 in 1980MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Assembly District 34, NV · twin score 95.2
presidential history
Party record book
Nevada 12th 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
61.3%
12,799 votes · D+24.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 59.4%
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
59.4%
2,784 votes · R+20.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1980 · 56.8%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
16,845votes
54.4% of the vote · D+10.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 16,384 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
16,082votes
48.7% of the vote · D+0.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 13,534 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
+17.5pts D vs U.S.
Place D+24.7 · U.S. D+7.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · +16.7 pts
Republican
Ronald Reagan1980
+14.6pts R vs U.S.
Place R+24.4 · U.S. R+9.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · +2.4 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Assembly District 12 sits at the razor-thin center of Nevada's legislative map, where the 2024 presidential margin of D+0.9 signals a district that neither party can take for granted in any cycle.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 69.9 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 24.4 points in 1980. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 9.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 0.9 points.
A population of 74,106, a 29% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $87,032 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Assembly District 34 and Assembly District 18.
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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