- Lead
- 240
- Total
- 12,525
- vs nation
- R+0.4
Arkansas 22nd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 400
- Total
- 11,578
- vs nation
- R+1.0
- Lead
- 292
- Total
- 9,536
- vs nation
- R+5.2
- Lead
- 784
- Total
- 8,567
- vs nation
- R+13.0
- Lead
- 468
- Total
- 8,311
- vs nation
- R+12.9
- Lead
- 412
- Total
- 7,754
- vs nation
- R+2.9
- Lead
- 389
- Total
- 6,247
- vs nation
- R+6.7
- Lead
- 503
- Total
- 5,488
- vs nation
- D+0.6
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+1.9MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 29,2602024 5-year
- Population density
- 917 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 31.9 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $80,2572024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 74.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 5.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 8.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+56.1 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+35.6 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 135, MO · twin score 80.1
presidential history
Party record book
Arkansas 22nd 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
Franklin D. Roosevelt1932
76.8%
658 votes · D+56.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William J. Bryan, 1896 · 75.1%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
67.6%
1,988 votes · R+35.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 64.7%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
5,926votes
47.3% of the vote · R+1.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 5,785 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
6,166votes
49.2% of the vote · R+1.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 5,385 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
+57.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+51.6 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John W. Davis, 1924 · +54.1 pts
Republican
Richard Nixon1960
+22.3pts R vs U.S.
Place R+22.1 · U.S. D+0.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George H. W. Bush, 1988 · +14.9 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 | 42.5%4,411 | 57.5%5,972 | 10,383 |
| 2020 | R | 44.4%4,546 | 55.6%5,699 | 10,245 |
With a 2024 presidential margin of R+1.9, this district sits near the center of Arkansas's political spectrum — rare in a state where double-digit Republican margins are the norm at nearly every level.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 56.1 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 35.6 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 5.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 1.9 points.
A population of 29,260, a 75% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $80,257 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 135 and State House District 43.
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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Arkansas 22nd State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/05022/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.