- Lead
- 3,945
- Total
- 25,784
- vs nation
- D+16.8
Nevada 20th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 5,859
- Total
- 27,124
- vs nation
- D+17.1
- Lead
- 5,176
- Total
- 22,932
- vs nation
- D+20.5
- Lead
- 5,569
- Total
- 20,740
- vs nation
- D+23.0
- Lead
- 6,077
- Total
- 19,668
- vs nation
- D+23.6
- Lead
- 2,823
- Total
- 16,226
- vs nation
- D+19.9
- Lead
- 2,134
- Total
- 11,364
- vs nation
- D+18.3
- Lead
- 1,609
- Total
- 7,857
- vs nation
- D+12.0
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+15.3MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 73,8422024 5-year
- Population density
- 7,239 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 10.2 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $56,3832024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 35.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 13.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 37.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+69.7 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+18.0 in 1980MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Assembly District 18, NV · twin score 98.7
presidential history
Party record book
Nevada 20th 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
64.4%
12,662 votes · D+30.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 62.5%
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
56.0%
2,388 votes · R+14.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1980 · 53.5%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
16,181votes
59.7% of the vote · D+21.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 14,641 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
10,696votes
41.5% of the vote · D+15.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 10,322 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
+23.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+30.9 · U.S. D+7.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · +23.0 pts
Republican
Ronald Reagan1980
+8.3pts R vs U.S.
Place R+18.0 · U.S. R+9.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · −3.6 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Assembly District 20 has posted double-digit Democratic presidential margins in recent cycles, reflecting the dense, diverse urban neighborhoods it draws from in the Las Vegas metro. Its D+15.3 margin in 2024 places it among the state's most reliably blue legislative districts.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 69.7 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 18.0 points in 1980. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 6.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 15.3 points.
A population of 73,842, a 35% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $56,383 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Assembly District 18 and Assembly District 10.
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 20th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/32020/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.