- Lead
- 531
- Total
- 11,251
- vs nation
- R+3.2
Arkansas 56th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 363
- Total
- 11,861
- vs nation
- R+7.5
- Lead
- 611
- Total
- 9,868
- vs nation
- R+8.3
- Lead
- 532
- Total
- 8,954
- vs nation
- R+9.8
- Lead
- 158
- Total
- 9,039
- vs nation
- R+5.5
- Lead
- 690
- Total
- 8,217
- vs nation
- D+10.9
- Lead
- 825
- Total
- 6,640
- vs nation
- D+11.9
- Lead
- 1,879
- Total
- 5,820
- vs nation
- D+23.8
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+4.7MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 29,8212024 5-year
- Population density
- 682 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 43.7 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $66,4262024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 64.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 20.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+84.3 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+6.2 in 2016MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 55, AR · twin score 91.9
presidential history
Party record book
Arkansas 56th 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. Roosevelt1940
91.2%
764 votes · D+82.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 91.1%
Republican
Mitt Romney2012
51.4%
4,599 votes · R+5.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 50.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
5,530votes
46.6% of the vote · R+3.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 5,194 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
5,893votes
49.7% of the vote · R+3.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 5,725 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
+93.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+68.4 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Smith, 1928 · +85.1 pts
Republican
Mitt Romney2012
+9.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+5.9 · U.S. D+3.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · +8.3 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%4,214 | 66.4%8,313 | 12,527 |
| 2020 | R | 35.0%4,440 | 65.0%8,237 | 12,677 |
Arkansas 56th State House District sits in the Mid-South. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 84.3 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 6.2 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 4.7 points.
A population of 29,821, a 64% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $66,426 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 55 and State House District 32.
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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