- Lead
- 153
- Total
- 9,958
- vs nation
- D+3.0
New Mexico 53rd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 876
- Total
- 9,320
- vs nation
- D+4.9
- Lead
- 793
- Total
- 7,179
- vs nation
- D+9.0
- Lead
- 625
- Total
- 6,956
- vs nation
- D+5.1
- Lead
- 996
- Total
- 7,378
- vs nation
- D+6.2
- Lead
- 118
- Total
- 6,612
- vs nation
- D+0.7
- Lead
- 79
- Total
- 5,016
- vs nation
- D+1.1
- Lead
- 484
- Total
- 4,726
- vs nation
- D+1.7
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+1.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 31,0432024 5-year
- Population density
- 67 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 466 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $66,8062024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 25.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 68.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+43.1 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+23.3 in 1984MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 36, NM · twin score 97.9
presidential history
Party record book
New Mexico 53rd 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. Roosevelt1932
71.3%
652 votes · D+43.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 69.2%
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
61.4%
2,483 votes · R+23.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 59.7%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
4,987votes
53.5% of the vote · D+9.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 4,953 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
4,800votes
48.2% of the vote · D+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 4,111 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
+25.3pts D vs U.S.
Place D+43.1 · U.S. D+17.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Harry S. Truman, 1948 · +24.9 pts
Republican
William H. Taft1912
+9.3pts R vs U.S.
Place D+10.2 · U.S. D+19.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · +5.0 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
New Mexico 53rd State House District sits in the desert Southwest. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 43.1 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 23.3 points in 1984. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 7.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 1.5 points.
A population of 31,043, a 25% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $66,806 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 36 and State House District 37.
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.
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