- Lead
- 3,477
- Total
- 11,423
- vs nation
- D+31.9
New Mexico 5th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 4,949
- Total
- 11,848
- vs nation
- D+37.3
- Lead
- 4,171
- Total
- 9,927
- vs nation
- D+39.9
- Lead
- 5,118
- Total
- 10,055
- vs nation
- D+47.0
- Lead
- 5,445
- Total
- 10,718
- vs nation
- D+43.5
- Lead
- 3,287
- Total
- 9,475
- vs nation
- D+37.1
- Lead
- 3,041
- Total
- 7,424
- vs nation
- D+40.4
- Lead
- 3,206
- Total
- 7,403
- vs nation
- D+34.8
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+30.4MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 28,6312024 5-year
- Population density
- 11 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 2,512 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $41,1492024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 7.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 9.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+50.9 in 2012MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+20.2 in 1928MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 9, NM · twin score 94.3
presidential history
Party record book
New Mexico 5th 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
Barack Obama2008
74.7%
8,007 votes · D+50.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 73.8%
Republican
Herbert Hoover1928
59.9%
844 votes · R+20.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 54.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
8,230votes
69.5% of the vote · D+41.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 8,007 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
3,794votes
33.2% of the vote · D+30.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 3,281 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 Obama2012
+47.0pts D vs U.S.
Place D+50.9 · U.S. D+3.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · +43.5 pts
Republican
William H. Taft1912
+10.7pts R vs U.S.
Place D+8.9 · U.S. D+19.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1928 · +2.8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | D | 58.9%6,204 | 41.1%4,334 | 10,538 |
New Mexico 5th State House District sits in the desert Southwest. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 50.9 points in 2012 and a Republican high of 20.2 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 11.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 30.4 points.
A population of 28,631, a 8% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $41,149 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 9 and State House District 6.
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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