- Lead
- 9,820
- Total
- 15,139
- vs nation
- D+66.3
New Mexico 18th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 10,516
- Total
- 15,698
- vs nation
- D+62.5
- Lead
- 8,957
- Total
- 14,786
- vs nation
- D+58.5
- Lead
- 9,347
- Total
- 14,496
- vs nation
- D+60.6
- Lead
- 10,836
- Total
- 15,617
- vs nation
- D+62.1
- Lead
- 7,462
- Total
- 12,903
- vs nation
- D+60.3
- Lead
- 5,596
- Total
- 10,207
- vs nation
- D+54.3
- Lead
- 4,958
- Total
- 9,359
- vs nation
- D+44.5
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+64.9MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 31,0642024 5-year
- Population density
- 4,375 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 7.1 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $50,7992024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 49.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 32.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+88.1 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 25, NM · twin score 91.6
presidential history
Party record book
New Mexico 18th 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
93.8%
1,184 votes · D+88.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Woodrow Wilson, 1916 · 92.9%
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
32.6%
860 votes · D+34.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 31.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
13,160votes
84.3% of the vote · D+69.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 12,901 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
2,669votes
20.7% of the vote · D+57.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 2,385 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
+110.5pts D vs U.S.
Place D+84.3 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John W. Davis, 1924 · +96.3 pts
Republican
Richard Nixon1968
−41.8pts R vs U.S.
Place D+41.1 · U.S. R+0.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barry Goldwater, 1964 · −42.3 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 | 61.0%8,454 | 39.0%5,406 | 13,860 |
With a 2024 presidential margin exceeding 64 points Democratic, this Albuquerque-area district ranks among the least competitive state house seats in New Mexico, reflecting a densely concentrated base of reliably one-sided voters.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 88.1 points in 1936. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 64.9 points.
A population of 31,064, a 49% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $50,799 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 25 and State House District 11.
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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