- Lead
- 2,144
- Total
- 10,256
- vs nation
- R+19.4
Arkansas 50th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 2,235
- Total
- 10,855
- vs nation
- R+25.0
- Lead
- 2,499
- Total
- 9,816
- vs nation
- R+27.5
- Lead
- 2,229
- Total
- 9,958
- vs nation
- R+26.2
- Lead
- 1,950
- Total
- 9,934
- vs nation
- R+26.9
- Lead
- 851
- Total
- 10,366
- vs nation
- R+5.8
- Lead
- 342
- Total
- 9,531
- vs nation
- R+4.1
- Lead
- 1,049
- Total
- 8,726
- vs nation
- D+3.5
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+20.9MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 29,5172024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,942 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 15.2 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $56,3842024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 70.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 6.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 9.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+70.2 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+51.0 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 51, AR · twin score 94.9
presidential history
Party record book
Arkansas 50th 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. Roosevelt1936
84.9%
1,310 votes · D+70.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 83.8%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
75.4%
5,109 votes · R+51.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 68.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Bill Clinton1992
4,705votes
47.4% of the vote · D+13.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John Kerry, 2004 · 4,680 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
6,338votes
58.4% of the vote · R+20.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 6,069 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
+64.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+58.6 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William J. Bryan, 1900 · +61.2 pts
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
+27.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+51.0 · U.S. R+23.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · +27.5 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 | 26.9%2,630 | 73.1%7,143 | 9,773 |
Arkansas 50th State House District sits in the Mid-South. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 70.2 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 51.0 points in 1972. The 2024 margin was 20.9 points.
A population of 29,517, a 70% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $56,384 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 51 and State House District 26.
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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