- Lead
- 8,963
- Total
- 17,344
- vs nation
- D+53.1
New Mexico 46th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 10,063
- Total
- 17,174
- vs nation
- D+54.1
- Lead
- 8,345
- Total
- 14,988
- vs nation
- D+53.6
- Lead
- 8,163
- Total
- 14,475
- vs nation
- D+52.5
- Lead
- 9,141
- Total
- 15,059
- vs nation
- D+53.4
- Lead
- 6,789
- Total
- 13,708
- vs nation
- D+52.0
- Lead
- 4,326
- Total
- 10,258
- vs nation
- D+41.7
- Lead
- 3,701
- Total
- 8,841
- vs nation
- D+33.3
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+51.7MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 30,8112024 5-year
- Population density
- 65 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 476 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $78,8212024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 40.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 47.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+60.7 in 2008MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+20.7 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 48, NM · twin score 96.8
presidential history
Party record book
New Mexico 46th 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
79.7%
12,009 votes · D+60.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 78.5%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
60.1%
552 votes · R+20.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1928 · 56.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
13,490votes
78.5% of the vote · D+58.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 12,949 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
3,986votes
23.0% of the vote · D+51.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 3,427 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
Joe Biden2020
+54.1pts D vs U.S.
Place D+58.6 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hillary Clinton, 2016 · +53.6 pts
Republican
William H. Taft1912
+22.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+2.6 · U.S. D+19.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Thomas E. Dewey, 1948 · +6.4 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
With a 2024 presidential margin exceeding 50 points, this Albuquerque-area district anchors the heavily Democratic core of Bernalillo County, where dense urban precincts and a heavily Hispanic electorate consistently produce lopsided Democratic margins at every level.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 60.7 points in 2008 and a Republican high of 20.7 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 6.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 51.7 points.
A population of 30,811, a 41% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $78,821 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 48 and State House District 42.
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 46th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/35046/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.