- Lead
- 1,571
- Total
- 8,765
- vs nation
- D+19.4
New Mexico 12th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 3,056
- Total
- 8,899
- vs nation
- D+29.9
- Lead
- 2,763
- Total
- 7,658
- vs nation
- D+34.0
- Lead
- 2,750
- Total
- 7,619
- vs nation
- D+32.2
- Lead
- 3,385
- Total
- 8,155
- vs nation
- D+34.2
- Lead
- 1,811
- Total
- 7,081
- vs nation
- D+28.0
- Lead
- 1,285
- Total
- 5,514
- vs nation
- D+22.8
- Lead
- 1,271
- Total
- 4,921
- vs nation
- D+17.3
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+17.9MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 30,9132024 5-year
- Population density
- 3,254 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 9.5 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $54,9382024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 10.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 85.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+57.9 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+7.7 in 1956MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 10, NM · twin score 98.5
presidential history
Party record book
New Mexico 12th 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
Franklin D. Roosevelt1936
78.9%
506 votes · D+57.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 71.0%
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
53.8%
892 votes · R+7.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 50.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
5,896votes
66.3% of the vote · D+34.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 5,742 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
3,511votes
40.1% of the vote · D+17.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 2,840 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
James M. Cox1920
+54.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+28.2 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John W. Davis, 1924 · +44.1 pts
Republican
Richard Nixon1968
−6.3pts R vs U.S.
Place D+5.6 · U.S. R+0.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · −7.7 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
New Mexico 12th State House District sits in the desert Southwest. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 57.9 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 7.7 points in 1956. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 16.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 17.9 points.
A population of 30,913, a 10% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $54,938 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 10 and State House District 14.
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.
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