- Lead
- 12,959
- Total
- 20,508
- vs nation
- D+64.7
New Mexico 47th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 13,076
- Total
- 20,236
- vs nation
- D+60.2
- Lead
- 10,912
- Total
- 18,062
- vs nation
- D+58.3
- Lead
- 10,692
- Total
- 17,630
- vs nation
- D+56.8
- Lead
- 11,927
- Total
- 18,555
- vs nation
- D+57.0
- Lead
- 9,023
- Total
- 16,725
- vs nation
- D+56.4
- Lead
- 5,840
- Total
- 12,253
- vs nation
- D+47.1
- Lead
- 4,963
- Total
- 10,467
- vs nation
- D+38.9
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+63.2MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 29,8952024 5-year
- Population density
- 125 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 239 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $99,1092024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 64.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 27.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+64.6 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+14.6 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 50, NM · twin score 91.5
presidential history
Party record book
New Mexico 47th 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
81.7%
15,158 votes · D+64.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 81.5%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
57.0%
645 votes · R+14.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1928 · 52.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
16,533votes
80.6% of the vote · D+63.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 16,502 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
3,793votes
22.7% of the vote · D+53.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 3,574 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
+64.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+63.2 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +60.2 pts
Republican
William H. Taft1912
+18.1pts R vs U.S.
Place D+1.4 · U.S. D+19.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Charles E. Hughes, 1916 · +3.4 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 | 77.1%12,079 | 22.9%3,582 | 15,661 |
Centered in the Albuquerque metro, this district has delivered Democratic presidential margins exceeding 25 points in recent cycles, reflecting a dense urban electorate with high shares of college-educated and Hispanic voters.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 64.6 points in 2020 and a Republican high of 14.6 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 63.2 points.
A population of 29,895, a 64% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $99,109 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 50 and State House District 46.
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 47th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/35047/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.