- Lead
- 2,718
- Total
- 17,395
- vs nation
- D+17.1
New Mexico 27th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 2,444
- Total
- 18,360
- vs nation
- D+8.9
- Lead
- 471
- Total
- 16,185
- vs nation
- D+0.8
- Lead
- 2
- Total
- 16,057
- vs nation
- R+3.8
- Lead
- 721
- Total
- 16,849
- vs nation
- R+3.0
- Lead
- 2,004
- Total
- 15,539
- vs nation
- R+10.4
- Lead
- 1,804
- Total
- 12,440
- vs nation
- R+15.0
- Lead
- 1,161
- Total
- 10,987
- vs nation
- R+19.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+15.6MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 30,8632024 5-year
- Population density
- 4,822 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 6.4 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $74,3472024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 58.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 28.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+18.2 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+44.8 in 1956MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 28, NM · twin score 98.5
presidential history
Party record book
New Mexico 27th 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
58.5%
773 votes · D+18.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 56.5%
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
72.4%
3,043 votes · R+44.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 68.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
10,182votes
55.5% of the vote · D+13.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 9,834 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
8,674votes
55.8% of the vote · R+12.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · 7,931 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
Kamala Harris2024
+17.1pts D vs U.S.
Place D+15.6 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +8.9 pts
Republican
Richard Nixon1968
+29.7pts R vs U.S.
Place R+30.4 · U.S. R+0.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · +29.4 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%8,400 | 39.0%5,371 | 13,771 |
| 2020 | D | 59.0%8,402 | 41.0%5,841 | 14,243 |
New Mexico 27th State House District sits in the desert Southwest. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 18.2 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 44.8 points in 1956. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.3 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 15.6 points.
A population of 30,863, a 58% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $74,347 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 28 and State House District 20.
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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