- Lead
- 6,309
- Total
- 42,349
- vs nation
- R+13.4
Nevada 40th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 5,795
- Total
- 40,259
- vs nation
- R+18.9
- Lead
- 5,850
- Total
- 34,488
- vs nation
- R+19.1
- Lead
- 3,748
- Total
- 31,825
- vs nation
- R+15.6
- Lead
- 623
- Total
- 31,897
- vs nation
- R+9.2
- Lead
- 5,603
- Total
- 30,620
- vs nation
- R+15.8
- Lead
- 5,405
- Total
- 25,409
- vs nation
- R+21.8
- Lead
- 2,903
- Total
- 24,092
- vs nation
- R+20.6
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+14.9MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 73,1032024 5-year
- Population density
- 151 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 484 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $77,8652024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 66.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 22.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+49.3 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+45.9 in 1980MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Assembly District 19, NV · twin score 81.7
presidential history
Party record book
Nevada 40th 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
47.8%
15,233 votes · R+2.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 42.8%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
72.5%
7,306 votes · R+44.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 71.0%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
17,502votes
41.3% of the vote · R+14.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 16,643 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
23,811votes
56.2% of the vote · R+14.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 22,438 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
−9.2pts D vs U.S.
Place R+2.0 · U.S. D+7.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · −13.4 pts
Republican
Ronald Reagan1980
+36.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+45.9 · U.S. R+9.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · +25.8 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | R | 40.9%11,662 | 59.1%16,825 | 28,487 |
Assembly District 40 backed the 2024 Republican presidential nominee by nearly 15 points, reflecting the conservative-leaning suburban and exurban communities that make up much of its Clark County base.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 49.3 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 45.9 points in 1980. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 0.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 14.9 points.
A population of 73,103, a 67% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $77,865 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Assembly District 19 and Assembly District 22.
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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