- Lead
- 6,747
- Total
- 12,034
- vs nation
- R+54.6
New Mexico 55th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 6,184
- Total
- 11,792
- vs nation
- R+56.9
- Lead
- 4,154
- Total
- 10,103
- vs nation
- R+43.2
- Lead
- 3,316
- Total
- 10,044
- vs nation
- R+36.9
- Lead
- 2,721
- Total
- 10,482
- vs nation
- R+33.2
- Lead
- 3,459
- Total
- 10,655
- vs nation
- R+30.0
- Lead
- 1,752
- Total
- 9,254
- vs nation
- R+19.5
- Lead
- 91
- Total
- 9,514
- vs nation
- R+7.6
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+56.1MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 30,5862024 5-year
- Population density
- 11 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 2,787 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $84,1962024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 48.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 45.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+63.8 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+56.1 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 66, NM · twin score 98.0
presidential history
Party record book
New Mexico 55th 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
80.9%
2,230 votes · D+63.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 80.7%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
77.4%
9,311 votes · R+56.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 75.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
5,828votes
61.7% of the vote · D+23.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Jimmy Carter, 1976 · 4,657 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
9,311votes
77.4% of the vote · R+56.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 8,892 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
John W. Davis1924
+64.8pts D vs U.S.
Place D+39.6 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +54.9 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2020
+56.9pts R vs U.S.
Place R+52.4 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · +54.6 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 | R | 25.5%2,770 | 74.5%8,106 | 10,876 |
New Mexico 55th State House District sits in the desert Southwest. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 63.8 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 56.1 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 56.1 points.
A population of 30,586, a 49% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $84,196 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 66 and State House District 62.
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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