- Lead
- 1,207
- Total
- 17,896
- vs nation
- D+8.2
New Mexico 30th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 2,798
- Total
- 16,777
- vs nation
- D+12.2
- Lead
- 1,961
- Total
- 14,019
- vs nation
- D+11.9
- Lead
- 3,709
- Total
- 14,369
- vs nation
- D+22.0
- Lead
- 4,756
- Total
- 15,287
- vs nation
- D+23.8
- Lead
- 1,578
- Total
- 13,210
- vs nation
- D+14.4
- Lead
- 2,054
- Total
- 11,287
- vs nation
- D+17.7
- Lead
- 2,877
- Total
- 10,416
- vs nation
- D+19.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+6.7MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 48,0202024 5-year
- Population density
- 9.3 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 5,184 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $60,0682024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 20.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 39.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+42.9 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+32.0 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 11, NM · twin score 96.2
presidential history
Party record book
New Mexico 30th State Senate District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1912–2024 · 29 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
71.2%
3,448 votes · D+42.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 64.7%
Republican
Herbert Hoover1928
63.6%
1,160 votes · R+27.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · 63.0%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
9,897votes
64.7% of the vote · D+31.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 9,617 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
8,163votes
45.6% of the vote · D+6.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 6,819 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
John F. Kennedy1960
+28.2pts D vs U.S.
Place D+28.4 · U.S. D+0.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Michael Dukakis, 1988 · +26.3 pts
Republican
William H. Taft1912
+37.0pts R vs U.S.
Place R+17.4 · U.S. D+19.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Charles E. Hughes, 1916 · +15.1 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
New Mexico 30th State Senate District sits in the desert Southwest. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 42.9 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 32.0 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 9.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 6.7 points.
A population of 48,020, a 21% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $60,068 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 11 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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New Mexico 30th State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/35030/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.