- Lead
- 9,706
- Total
- 93,223
- vs nation
- R+8.9
Nevada 16th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 8,327
- Total
- 88,034
- vs nation
- R+13.9
- Lead
- 9,718
- Total
- 71,141
- vs nation
- R+15.8
- Lead
- 6,646
- Total
- 64,637
- vs nation
- R+14.1
- Lead
- 613
- Total
- 62,997
- vs nation
- R+8.2
- Lead
- 10,284
- Total
- 58,655
- vs nation
- R+15.1
- Lead
- 10,045
- Total
- 47,113
- vs nation
- R+21.8
- Lead
- 5,845
- Total
- 43,303
- vs nation
- R+22.0
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+10.4MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 145,9152024 5-year
- Population density
- 201 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 725 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $99,6952024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 69.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 17.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+44.4 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+47.4 in 1952MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 20, NV · twin score 79.0
presidential history
Party record book
Nevada 16th 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
48.3%
30,445 votes · R+1.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 43.9%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
72.1%
13,944 votes · R+44.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 71.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
40,605votes
43.6% of the vote · R+10.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 38,629 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
50,311votes
54.0% of the vote · R+10.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 46,956 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
−8.2pts D vs U.S.
Place R+1.0 · U.S. D+7.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · −8.9 pts
Republican
Ronald Reagan1980
+37.2pts R vs U.S.
Place R+47.0 · U.S. R+9.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · +27.6 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Nevada 16th State Senate District sits in the desert Southwest. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 44.4 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 47.4 points in 1952. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 10.4 points.
A population of 145,915, a 70% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $99,695 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 20 and State Senate District 14.
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 16th State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/32016/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.