| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 2,854 | 13,968 | 17,112 | |
| 2020 | R | 3,064 | 13,652 | 17,114 | |
| 2016 | R | 2,926 | 12,235 | 15,540 | |
| 2012 | R | 3,772 | 11,159 | 15,391 | |
| 2008 | R | 4,435 | 10,575 | 15,474 | |
| 2004 | R | 4,640 | 9,793 | 14,777 | |
| 2000 | R | 4,493 | 8,569 | 13,635 | |
| 1996 | R | 5,745 | 6,093 | 13,262 | |
| 1992 | D | 6,128 | 6,094 | 14,437 | |
| 1988 | R | 3,998 | 7,567 | 11,816 | |
| 1984 | R | 3,356 | 7,961 | 11,567 | |
| 1980 | R | 4,576 | 6,778 | 12,088 | |
| 1976 | D | 5,388 | 3,959 | 9,347 | |
| 1972 | R | 1,862 | 5,484 | 7,362 | |
| 1968 | R | 1,907 | 3,349 | 7,425 | |
| 1964 | D | 3,770 | 2,857 | 6,646 | |
| 1960 | R | 2,774 | 3,388 | 6,233 | |
| 1956 | R | 2,829 | 3,153 | 6,006 | |
| 1952 | R | 2,786 | 3,361 | 6,155 | |
| 1948 | D | 3,190 | 1,499 | 4,995 | |
| 1944 | D | 2,132 | 1,349 | 3,481 | |
| 1940 | D | 2,054 | 786 | 2,869 | |
| 1936 | D | 2,386 | 1,052 | 3,448 | |
| 1932 | D | 2,644 | 697 | 3,385 | |
| 1928 | D | 1,708 | 1,543 | 3,264 | |
| 1924 | D | 1,350 | 937 | 2,499 | |
| 1920 | D | 1,106 | 647 | 1,817 | |
| 1916 | D | 1,413 | 598 | 2,011 | |
| 1912 | D | 965 | 280 | 1,605 | |
| 1908 | D | 1,149 | 681 | 1,907 | |
| 1904 | D | 910 | 618 | 1,606 | |
| 1900 | D | 1,338 | 641 | 1,990 | |
| 1896 | D | 1,730 | 573 | 2,322 | |
| 1892 | D | 1,472 | 457 | 1,931 | |
| 1888 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1876 | — | — | — | — |
Boone County sits in the Arkansas Ozarks and has delivered lopsided Republican presidential margins for decades, with 2024's R+65 reflecting a rural, predominantly white electorate that has moved sharply rightward since the 1990s.
The shift began with civil rights. 1996 marked the realignment in Boone County, by a three points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at sixty-five points in 2024. The 2024 margin was sixty-five points.
The political shift has tracked, in Boone County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 94% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $55,143, and a 12% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Searcy County and Upshur County.
