- Lead
- 4,323
- Total
- 11,243
- vs nation
- R+37.0
New Mexico 2nd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 3,833
- Total
- 10,716
- vs nation
- R+40.2
- Lead
- 3,899
- Total
- 9,528
- vs nation
- R+43.0
- Lead
- 3,531
- Total
- 9,592
- vs nation
- R+40.7
- Lead
- 2,916
- Total
- 9,527
- vs nation
- R+37.9
- Lead
- 3,908
- Total
- 9,360
- vs nation
- R+39.3
- Lead
- 2,623
- Total
- 7,135
- vs nation
- R+37.3
- Lead
- 1,689
- Total
- 6,657
- vs nation
- R+33.9
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+38.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 28,2372024 5-year
- Population density
- 302 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 93.4 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $54,1052024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 36.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 24.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+22.4 in 1916MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+47.7 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 3, NM · twin score 96.0
presidential history
Party record book
New Mexico 2nd State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1912–2024 · 29 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Woodrow Wilson1916
59.0%
121 votes · D+22.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 54.0%
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
71.9%
1,195 votes · R+43.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 71.8%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
3,346votes
29.8% of the vote · R+38.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 3,303 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
7,669votes
68.2% of the vote · R+38.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 7,136 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
Woodrow Wilson1916
+19.3pts D vs U.S.
Place D+22.4 · U.S. D+3.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John W. Davis, 1924 · +15.2 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2016
+43.0pts R vs U.S.
Place R+40.9 · U.S. D+2.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · +40.7 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Anchored in the rural high desert of northwestern New Mexico, this district posts presidential margins exceeding 35 points, reflecting a predominantly rural, resource-economy electorate that consistently breaks sharply away from statewide Democratic trends.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 22.4 points in 1916 and a Republican high of 47.7 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 38.5 points.
A population of 28,237, a 37% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $54,105 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 3 and State House District 1.
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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New Mexico 2nd State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/35002/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.