- Lead
- 1,734
- Total
- 10,295
- vs nation
- D+18.3
New Mexico 52nd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 2,965
- Total
- 10,300
- vs nation
- D+24.3
- Lead
- 2,936
- Total
- 9,288
- vs nation
- D+29.5
- Lead
- 2,598
- Total
- 8,759
- vs nation
- D+25.8
- Lead
- 3,032
- Total
- 9,182
- vs nation
- D+25.7
- Lead
- 1,542
- Total
- 8,049
- vs nation
- D+21.6
- Lead
- 1,238
- Total
- 6,085
- vs nation
- D+19.8
- Lead
- 1,463
- Total
- 5,709
- vs nation
- D+17.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+16.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 30,1622024 5-year
- Population density
- 218 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 139 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $55,5582024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 20.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 75.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+54.0 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+11.5 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 35, NM · twin score 98.2
presidential history
Party record book
New Mexico 52nd 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
76.7%
835 votes · D+54.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 76.2%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
55.5%
256 votes · R+11.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 53.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
6,531votes
63.4% of the vote · D+28.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 6,070 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
4,178votes
40.6% of the vote · D+16.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 3,566 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
Franklin D. Roosevelt1932
+35.8pts D vs U.S.
Place D+53.6 · U.S. D+17.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Harry S. Truman, 1948 · +32.0 pts
Republican
Charles E. Hughes1916
+6.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+2.9 · U.S. D+3.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William H. Taft, 1912 · +5.9 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
New Mexico House District 52 posts double-digit Democratic margins in presidential cycles, reflecting the dense, majority-minority neighborhoods that make up much of its Albuquerque base.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 54.0 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 11.5 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 11.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 16.8 points.
A population of 30,162, a 21% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $55,558 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 35 and State House District 33.
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 52nd State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/35052/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.