- Lead
- 4,066
- Total
- 83,136
- vs nation
- R+3.4
Nevada 5th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 710
- Total
- 76,106
- vs nation
- R+5.4
- Lead
- 1,521
- Total
- 59,043
- vs nation
- R+4.7
- Lead
- 473
- Total
- 52,636
- vs nation
- R+3.0
- Lead
- 2,626
- Total
- 49,306
- vs nation
- R+1.9
- Lead
- 3,824
- Total
- 42,000
- vs nation
- R+6.6
- Lead
- 2,098
- Total
- 29,507
- vs nation
- R+7.6
- Lead
- 618
- Total
- 20,343
- vs nation
- R+11.6
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+4.9MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 148,9862024 5-year
- Population density
- 3,801 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 39.2 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $81,6292024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 54.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 7.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 20.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+49.8 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+40.2 in 1980MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 12, NV · twin score 89.4
presidential history
Party record book
Nevada 5th 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
51.5%
25,379 votes · D+5.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 49.4%
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
68.8%
8,347 votes · R+39.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 65.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
38,760votes
46.6% of the vote · R+4.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 36,873 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
42,826votes
51.5% of the vote · R+4.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 37,583 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
−1.9pts D vs U.S.
Place D+5.3 · U.S. D+7.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · −3.0 pts
Republican
Ronald Reagan1980
+30.4pts R vs U.S.
Place R+40.2 · U.S. R+9.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · +21.0 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Spanning vast stretches of rural northern Nevada, this district delivered a 4.9-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, making it the most lopsided state senate territory in the state and a reliable anchor for GOP statewide vote totals.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 49.8 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 40.2 points in 1980. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 4.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 4.9 points.
A population of 148,986, a 55% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $81,629 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 12 and State Senate District 8.
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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