Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the city’s overall result across 2004–2024, on current city boundaries.
President results by year
Vote totals, margins, and source status
HarrisDemocratic18.0%295TrumpRepublican80.1%1,313OtherAll other candidates1.9%31
R+62.1
Lead
1,018
Total
1,639
vs nation
R+60.6
BidenDemocratic18.6%316TrumpRepublican78.3%1,332OtherAll other candidates3.2%54
R+59.7
Lead
1,016
Total
1,702
vs nation
R+64.2
ClintonDemocratic19.8%334TrumpRepublican74.0%1,246OtherAll other candidates6.2%104
R+54.2
Lead
912
Total
1,684
vs nation
R+56.2
ObamaDemocratic24.8%340RomneyRepublican72.0%986OtherAll other candidates3.1%43
R+47.2
Lead
646
Total
1,369
vs nation
R+51.0
ObamaDemocratic28.8%389McCainRepublican67.3%911OtherAll other candidates3.9%53
R+38.6
Lead
522
Total
1,353
vs nation
R+45.9
KerryDemocratic40.8%562BushRepublican58.7%808OtherAll other candidates0.4%6
R+17.9
Lead
246
Total
1,376
vs nation
R+15.4
Key facts
2024 presidential margin
R+62.1MIT Election Lab
Population
4,2462024 5-year
Population density
429 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
Land area
9.9 sq miTIGER/Line
Median household income
$65,6552024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
77.4%2024 5-year
Black
0.0%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
5.5%2024 5-year
Peak Republican margin
R+62.1 in 2024MIT Election Lab
Participation
Turnout and midterm durability
Participation measured against the same-year citizen voting-age population. Audited cycles count total general-election participants — ballots or participating voters, not presidential candidate votes.
2016–20245 cycles · 5 audited
2024 turnout
56.9%1,651 participants ÷ 2,900 CVAP
2020→2022 drop-off
+13.3 ptsVolatile
Drop-off vs state
-1.5 ptsPositive means a larger decline than the statewide pattern
Mechanical 2026
24.6%–43.7%Recent-cycle and two-cycle persistence scenarios; not a forecast
Participation by cycle
Presidential Midterm
0%20%40%60%80%100%
42.2%
43.8%
20162018202020222024
Select a presidential cycle to show it on the map and results ledger above.
Cycle
Participants
CVAP
Turnout
Series
Quality
1,651
2,900 ± 247
56.9%
Audited
E/A
2022Mid
1,266
2,890 ± 279
43.8%
Audited
E/A
1,702
2,982 ± 261
57.1%
Audited
E/A
2018Mid
1,254
2,969 ± 287
42.2%
Audited
E/A
1,706
1,821 ± 354
93.7%
Audited
E/D
Sources and methods
2024: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 323/229.
2022: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 322/184.
2020: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 321/4.
2018: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 320/139.
2016: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 319/133.
presidential history
Party record book
Southside, AR · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
2004–2024 · 6 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
John Kerry2004
40.8%
562 votes · R+17.9
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 28.8%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
80.1%
1,313 votes · R+62.1
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 78.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
John Kerry2004
562votes
40.8% of the vote · R+17.9
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 389 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
1,332votes
78.3% of the vote · R+59.7
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 1,313 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 Kerry2004
−15.4pts D vs U.S.
Place R+17.9 · U.S. R+2.5
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · −45.9 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2020
+64.2pts R vs U.S.
Place R+59.7 · U.S. D+4.5
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · +60.6 pts
U.S. House elections · 2 House
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row shows U.S. House votes counted inside this Place. “Vote lead” is the local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
Southside · which candidate this place backed in each party’s presidential nominating contest, cycle by cycle. A primary is a contest inside one party, so it has no Democratic–Republican margin and is not part of the general-election record above.
Akashic reports votes cast, not delegates awarded. The two can disagree: Clinton led the 2008 national primary popular vote by less than half a point and did not win the nomination.
Primary returns are published at county grain. The figures below are Independence County, Arkansas, the county containing Southside — Southside’s own primary vote sits inside those totals and is not separately reported.
Presidential nominating contests in Southside, by party and cycle.
○no contest record — Akashic holds no result for that party and cycle here. It is not a claim that no contest was held. Telling apart a contest that was cancelled, one that went uncontested, and one simply not yet ingested needs a nominating-contest calendar, which is a separate ingest from results and does not exist yet.
Republican presidential primaries are not yet ingested — the Republican series runs from 1856 and is in scope. The row is kept so its absence is visible: a Democratic-only panel would otherwise read as though no one else held a contest.
Where a cell reads All others, no named candidate led — the source’s residual bucket did. That bucket holds every name past the ones the contest itemises, including candidates who had withdrawn but still drew votes. It is a total, not a person, so it carries no candidate colour.
Akashic carries 10 states for 2012 and 3 states for 2024. Cycles in which an incumbent president seeks renomination are thin by nature — few states run a contested primary — so a sparse column is politics, not a hole in the record.
County returns carry a leader and a lead over the runner-up, and nothing more. The full candidate field with vote shares is published at state grain — follow a cycle above to the state contest for it.
Southside sits in the Mid-South. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 62.1 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 2.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 62.1 points.
A population of 4,246, a 77% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $65,655 describe the city.
In 2024, Southside, Arkansas voted Republican by 62.1 points (R+62.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,639 votes cast, 295 went Democratic and 1,313 went Republican.
How many people live in Southside, Arkansas?
Southside, Arkansas has a population of 4,246 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Southside, Arkansas?
Median household income in Southside, Arkansas is $65,655 — below the national median of $80,734. The Arkansas state median is $60,773.
What is the political history of Southside, Arkansas?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Southside, Arkansas from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
