- Lead
- 11,098
- Total
- 71,244
- vs nation
- D+17.0
Nevada 1st State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 13,500
- Total
- 62,828
- vs nation
- D+17.0
- Lead
- 10,373
- Total
- 47,673
- vs nation
- D+19.7
- Lead
- 11,185
- Total
- 42,950
- vs nation
- D+22.2
- Lead
- 12,243
- Total
- 40,731
- vs nation
- D+22.8
- Lead
- 5,620
- Total
- 33,479
- vs nation
- D+19.2
- Lead
- 4,252
- Total
- 23,655
- vs nation
- D+17.5
- Lead
- 3,195
- Total
- 16,336
- vs nation
- D+11.0
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+15.6MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 148,0132024 5-year
- Population density
- 3,426 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 43.2 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $90,8792024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 32.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 21.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 29.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+76.0 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+18.7 in 1980MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 4, NV · twin score 92.4
presidential history
Party record book
Nevada 1st State Senate District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1972–2024 · 14 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
63.9%
26,030 votes · D+30.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 62.0%
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
56.5%
5,036 votes · R+15.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1980 · 53.5%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
40,522votes
56.9% of the vote · D+15.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 37,440 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
29,424votes
41.3% of the vote · D+15.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 23,940 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
Barack Obama2008
+22.8pts D vs U.S.
Place D+30.1 · U.S. D+7.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · +22.2 pts
Republican
Ronald Reagan1980
+9.0pts R vs U.S.
Place R+18.7 · U.S. R+9.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · −2.8 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Nevada 1st State Senate District sits in the desert Southwest. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 76.0 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 18.7 points in 1980. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 5.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 15.6 points.
A population of 148,013, a 32% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $90,879 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 4 and State Senate District 7.
The state-senate 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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