- Lead
- 1,710
- Total
- 76,605
- vs nation
- R+0.8
Nevada 8th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 3,158
- Total
- 75,480
- vs nation
- R+0.3
- Lead
- 2,153
- Total
- 61,792
- vs nation
- D+1.4
- Lead
- 3,938
- Total
- 55,614
- vs nation
- D+3.2
- Lead
- 6,030
- Total
- 52,251
- vs nation
- D+4.3
- Lead
- 1,208
- Total
- 44,263
- vs nation
- R+0.3
- Lead
- 248
- Total
- 30,953
- vs nation
- R+1.3
- Lead
- 574
- Total
- 21,018
- vs nation
- R+5.8
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+2.2MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 148,3082024 5-year
- Population density
- 5,816 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 25.5 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $91,5952024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 51.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 8.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 16.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+52.4 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+35.9 in 1980MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 12, NV · twin score 94.7
presidential history
Party record book
Nevada 8th 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
54.8%
28,610 votes · D+11.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 52.7%
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
65.9%
8,252 votes · R+33.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1980 · 63.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
38,592votes
51.1% of the vote · D+4.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 36,815 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
38,525votes
50.3% of the vote · R+2.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 35,434 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
+4.3pts D vs U.S.
Place D+11.5 · U.S. D+7.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · +3.2 pts
Republican
Ronald Reagan1980
+26.2pts R vs U.S.
Place R+35.9 · U.S. R+9.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · +15.5 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Nevada 8th State Senate District sits in the desert Southwest. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 52.4 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 35.9 points in 1980. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 6.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 2.2 points.
A population of 148,308, a 52% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $91,595 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 5.
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 8th State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/32008/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.