- Lead
- 5,804
- Total
- 54,242
- vs nation
- D+12.2
Nevada 3rd State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 9,375
- Total
- 55,542
- vs nation
- D+12.4
- Lead
- 8,531
- Total
- 48,034
- vs nation
- D+15.7
- Lead
- 9,519
- Total
- 43,408
- vs nation
- D+18.1
- Lead
- 10,774
- Total
- 41,003
- vs nation
- D+19.0
- Lead
- 4,176
- Total
- 33,989
- vs nation
- D+14.7
- Lead
- 3,272
- Total
- 23,815
- vs nation
- D+13.2
- Lead
- 2,609
- Total
- 16,533
- vs nation
- D+7.3
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+10.7MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 148,2652024 5-year
- Population density
- 5,907 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 25.1 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $60,4812024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 33.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 14.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 40.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+70.5 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+23.5 in 1980MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 7, NV · twin score 98.0
presidential history
Party record book
Nevada 3rd 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
62.1%
25,470 votes · D+26.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 60.1%
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
59.1%
5,408 votes · R+20.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1980 · 56.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
31,857votes
57.4% of the vote · D+16.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 29,492 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
23,688votes
43.7% of the vote · D+10.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 22,482 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
+19.0pts D vs U.S.
Place D+26.3 · U.S. D+7.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · +18.1 pts
Republican
Ronald Reagan1980
+13.7pts R vs U.S.
Place R+23.5 · U.S. R+9.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · +1.9 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Nevada SD-3 sits within competitive Clark County territory, where a 10.7-point Democratic presidential margin in 2024 signals a district that neither party can take for granted in a cycle-over-cycle swing state.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 70.5 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 23.5 points in 1980. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 6.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 10.7 points.
A population of 148,265, a 33% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $60,481 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 7 and State Senate District 21.
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.
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