Arkansas 56th State House District, Arkansas: Realigner district. In 2024, voted R+32%. Democratic peak: D+71 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+32MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- RealignerAkashic typology
- Population
- 8,6482024 5-year
- Median household income
- $67,2892024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 78.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 11.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+71 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+32 in 2012MIT Election Lab
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1,202 | 2,394 | 3,688 | ||
| R | 1,242 | 2,331 | 3,685 | ||
| R | 991 | 1,987 | 3,091 | ||
| R | 922 | 1,809 | 2,807 | ||
| R | 1,013 | 1,717 | 2,788 | ||
| R | 984 | 1,457 | 2,484 | ||
| R | 809 | 1,087 | 1,978 | ||
| D | 815 | 689 | 1,633 | ||
| D | 880 | 643 | 1,707 | ||
| R | 494 | 723 | 1,238 | ||
| R | 485 | 785 | 1,289 | ||
| D | 577 | 511 | 1,156 | ||
| D | 773 | 264 | 1,039 | ||
| R | 312 | 457 | 769 | ||
| O | 254 | 189 | 740 | ||
| D | 414 | 221 | 638 | ||
| D | 259 | 164 | 447 | ||
| D | 232 | 162 | 397 | ||
| D | 234 | 135 | 370 | ||
| D | 180 | 42 | 244 | ||
| D | 158 | 61 | 219 | ||
| D | 172 | 35 | 208 | ||
| D | 171 | 35 | 206 | ||
| D | 186 | 30 | 220 | ||
| D | 180 | 67 | 248 | ||
| D | 97 | 36 | 144 | ||
| D | 133 | 78 | 220 | ||
| D | 138 | 55 | 193 | ||
| D | 89 | 27 | 135 | ||
| D | 120 | 50 | 179 | ||
| D | 73 | 52 | 129 | ||
| D | 81 | 46 | 129 | ||
| D | 138 | 38 | 177 | ||
| D | 101 | 81 | 204 | ||
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Demographics
Arkansas 56th State House District sits in the Mid-South. Its political identity was forged in the union halls of the mid-twentieth century, when industrial labor and the Democratic party became, for working people, two faces of the same political fact. That identity held for 2 consecutive presidential elections.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Arkansas 56th State House District peaked at seventy-one points in 1932; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2000 election delivered the district to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of fourteen points. By 2024, the margin had settled into deep Republican territory.
The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $67,289 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line.
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State House District 56, Arkansas. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/05056/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.