- Lead
- 2,791
- Total
- 74,794
- vs nation
- D+5.2
Nevada 6th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 6,499
- Total
- 74,705
- vs nation
- D+4.2
- Lead
- 4,367
- Total
- 63,352
- vs nation
- D+4.8
- Lead
- 6,064
- Total
- 57,008
- vs nation
- D+6.8
- Lead
- 8,061
- Total
- 53,684
- vs nation
- D+7.7
- Lead
- 393
- Total
- 45,422
- vs nation
- D+3.3
- Lead
- 863
- Total
- 31,649
- vs nation
- D+2.2
- Lead
- 1,299
- Total
- 21,627
- vs nation
- R+2.5
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+3.7MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 148,6752024 5-year
- Population density
- 5,785 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 25.7 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $77,6942024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 47.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 10.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 26.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+58.3 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+32.5 in 1980MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 3, NV · twin score 87.5
presidential history
Party record book
Nevada 6th 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
56.4%
30,303 votes · D+15.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 54.4%
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
64.1%
8,150 votes · R+30.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1980 · 61.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
39,890votes
53.4% of the vote · D+8.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 38,117 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
35,326votes
47.2% of the vote · D+3.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 33,391 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
+7.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+15.0 · U.S. D+7.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · +6.8 pts
Republican
Ronald Reagan1980
+22.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+32.5 · U.S. R+9.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · +12.3 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Anchored in urban Clark County, this district recorded a nearly 3.7-point Democratic presidential margin in 2024, making it among the most lopsided state senate seats in Nevada and a reliable base for Democratic legislative majorities.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 58.3 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 32.5 points in 1980. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 5.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 3.7 points.
A population of 148,675, a 48% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $77,694 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 3 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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Nevada 6th State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/32006/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.