- Lead
- 1,593
- Total
- 31,242
- vs nation
- D+6.6
Nevada 42nd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 4,265
- Total
- 30,943
- vs nation
- D+9.3
- Lead
- 3,688
- Total
- 24,243
- vs nation
- D+13.1
- Lead
- 4,199
- Total
- 21,956
- vs nation
- D+15.3
- Lead
- 4,873
- Total
- 20,709
- vs nation
- D+16.3
- Lead
- 1,636
- Total
- 17,313
- vs nation
- D+11.9
- Lead
- 1,335
- Total
- 12,052
- vs nation
- D+10.6
- Lead
- 1,140
- Total
- 8,295
- vs nation
- D+5.2
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+5.1MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 74,2412024 5-year
- Population density
- 5,800 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 12.8 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $71,8982024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 35.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 11.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 25.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+74.0 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+25.5 in 1980MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Assembly District 41, NV · twin score 97.3
presidential history
Party record book
Nevada 42nd 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
60.8%
12,588 votes · D+23.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 58.7%
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
60.4%
2,844 votes · R+22.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1980 · 57.8%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
17,307votes
55.9% of the vote · D+13.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 16,164 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
14,571votes
46.6% of the vote · D+5.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 13,042 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
+16.3pts D vs U.S.
Place D+23.5 · U.S. D+7.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · +15.3 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 · +4.6 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Nevada Assembly District 42 sits in the Las Vegas metro area, where shifting suburban demographics have kept presidential margins within single digits and made it a closely watched bellwether for statewide trends.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 74.0 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 25.5 points in 1980. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 8.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 5.1 points.
A population of 74,241, a 36% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $71,898 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Assembly District 41 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 42nd State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/32042/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.