- Lead
- 1,019
- Total
- 27,801
- vs nation
- D+5.1
Nevada 16th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 3,962
- Total
- 28,428
- vs nation
- D+9.5
- Lead
- 3,718
- Total
- 23,269
- vs nation
- D+13.9
- Lead
- 4,223
- Total
- 21,012
- vs nation
- D+16.2
- Lead
- 4,852
- Total
- 19,839
- vs nation
- D+17.2
- Lead
- 1,708
- Total
- 16,505
- vs nation
- D+12.8
- Lead
- 1,380
- Total
- 11,549
- vs nation
- D+11.4
- Lead
- 1,135
- Total
- 8,041
- vs nation
- D+5.6
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+3.7MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 74,6012024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,478 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 30.1 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $60,2082024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 35.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 15.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 29.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+63.7 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+25.5 in 1980MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Assembly District 42, NV · twin score 94.7
presidential history
Party record book
Nevada 16th 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
61.2%
12,147 votes · D+24.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 59.2%
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
59.8%
2,673 votes · R+21.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1980 · 57.5%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
15,913votes
56.0% of the vote · D+13.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 14,173 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
13,154votes
47.3% of the vote · D+3.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 11,951 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
+17.2pts D vs U.S.
Place D+24.5 · U.S. D+7.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · +16.2 pts
Republican
Ronald Reagan1980
+15.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+25.5 · U.S. R+9.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · +3.7 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Assembly District 16 recorded a 3.7-point Democratic presidential margin in 2024, signaling a competitive, suburban-leaning electorate that has tracked closely with statewide swings in recent cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 63.7 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 25.5 points in 1980. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 10.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 3.7 points.
A population of 74,601, a 36% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $60,208 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Assembly District 42 and Assembly District 5.
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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Nevada 16th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/32016/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.