- Lead
- 6,003
- Total
- 11,782
- vs nation
- R+49.5
Arkansas 17th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 5,397
- Total
- 10,889
- vs nation
- R+54.0
- Lead
- 4,817
- Total
- 8,633
- vs nation
- R+57.9
- Lead
- 4,567
- Total
- 7,323
- vs nation
- R+66.2
- Lead
- 4,081
- Total
- 7,065
- vs nation
- R+65.0
- Lead
- 3,688
- Total
- 6,285
- vs nation
- R+56.2
- Lead
- 2,725
- Total
- 4,881
- vs nation
- R+56.3
- Lead
- 1,571
- Total
- 4,027
- vs nation
- R+47.5
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+51.0MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 29,7262024 5-year
- Population density
- 192 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 155 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $75,7542024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 64.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 19.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+48.7 in 1880MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+77.8 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 8, AR · twin score 94.7
presidential history
Party record book
Arkansas 17th State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
William J. Bryan1896
70.3%
147 votes · D+41.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Samuel J. Tilden, 1876 · 69.3%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
88.7%
1,575 votes · R+77.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 · 85.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
2,707votes
23.0% of the vote · R+51.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 2,559 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
8,710votes
73.9% of the vote · R+51.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 7,956 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
William J. Bryan1896
+47.2pts D vs U.S.
Place D+41.1 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William J. Bryan, 1900 · +20.5 pts
Republican
Mitt Romney2012
+66.2pts R vs U.S.
Place R+62.4 · U.S. D+3.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1960 · +66.2 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 31.4%3,704 | 68.6%8,089 | 11,793 |
| 2020 | R | 32.8%3,670 | 67.2%7,529 | 11,199 |
Arkansas 17th State House District sits in the Mid-South. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 48.7 points in 1880 and a Republican high of 77.8 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 51.0 points.
A population of 29,726, a 65% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $75,754 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 8 and State House District 20.
The state-house 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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