- Lead
- 2,838
- Total
- 14,427
- vs nation
- D+21.1
New Mexico 16th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 3,995
- Total
- 14,660
- vs nation
- D+22.8
- Lead
- 2,633
- Total
- 12,658
- vs nation
- D+18.7
- Lead
- 2,457
- Total
- 12,536
- vs nation
- D+15.7
- Lead
- 3,256
- Total
- 13,256
- vs nation
- D+17.3
- Lead
- 901
- Total
- 11,820
- vs nation
- D+10.1
- Lead
- 513
- Total
- 9,379
- vs nation
- D+5.0
- Lead
- 722
- Total
- 8,367
- vs nation
- D+0.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+19.7MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 30,6632024 5-year
- Population density
- 4,380 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 7 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $72,2252024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 27.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 61.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+38.3 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+26.5 in 1956MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 10, NM · twin score 96.1
presidential history
Party record book
New Mexico 16th 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
68.7%
736 votes · D+38.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 62.4%
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
63.3%
1,887 votes · R+26.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 59.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
9,151votes
62.4% of the vote · D+27.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 8,490 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
5,652votes
39.2% of the vote · D+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 5,395 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
+29.1pts D vs U.S.
Place D+3.0 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +22.8 pts
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
+11.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+26.5 · U.S. R+15.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1968 · +10.8 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Anchored in Albuquerque's urban core, this district has posted consistent double-digit Democratic margins in recent cycles, reflecting the dense, diverse electorate typical of New Mexico's largest city.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 38.3 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 26.5 points in 1956. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 7.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 19.7 points.
A population of 30,663, a 27% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $72,225 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.
District research tools
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New Mexico 16th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/35016/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.