- Lead
- 1,355
- Total
- 12,231
- vs nation
- R+9.6
Arkansas 55th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 1,015
- Total
- 12,707
- vs nation
- R+12.4
- Lead
- 1,204
- Total
- 10,543
- vs nation
- R+13.5
- Lead
- 982
- Total
- 9,581
- vs nation
- R+14.1
- Lead
- 312
- Total
- 9,665
- vs nation
- R+10.5
- Lead
- 274
- Total
- 8,765
- vs nation
- D+5.6
- Lead
- 546
- Total
- 6,989
- vs nation
- D+7.3
- Lead
- 1,712
- Total
- 6,103
- vs nation
- D+19.5
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+11.1MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 29,6822024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,940 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 15.3 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $60,3232024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 67.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 15.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+80.1 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+11.4 in 2016MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 63, AL · twin score 92.3
presidential history
Party record book
Arkansas 55th 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
89.3%
851 votes · D+80.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 88.4%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
54.1%
6,618 votes · R+11.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · 53.8%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
5,633votes
44.3% of the vote · R+8.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 5,263 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
6,648votes
52.3% of the vote · R+8.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 6,618 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 W. Davis1924
+84.8pts D vs U.S.
Place D+59.6 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Smith, 1928 · +80.6 pts
Republican
Mitt Romney2012
+14.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+10.2 · U.S. D+3.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · +13.5 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 | 33.6%4,194 | 66.4%8,274 | 12,468 |
| 2020 | R | 35.0%4,420 | 65.0%8,199 | 12,619 |
Arkansas 55th State House District sits in the Mid-South. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 80.1 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 11.4 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 11.1 points.
A population of 29,682, a 68% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $60,323 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 63 and State House District 56.
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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