- Lead
- 4,006
- Total
- 10,391
- vs nation
- R+37.1
Arkansas 61st State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 3,958
- Total
- 11,693
- vs nation
- R+38.3
- Lead
- 2,649
- Total
- 11,348
- vs nation
- R+25.4
- Lead
- 1,605
- Total
- 12,295
- vs nation
- R+16.9
- Lead
- 1,688
- Total
- 13,093
- vs nation
- R+20.2
- Lead
- 648
- Total
- 13,589
- vs nation
- D+7.2
- Lead
- 895
- Total
- 12,366
- vs nation
- D+6.7
- Lead
- 5,088
- Total
- 13,047
- vs nation
- D+30.5
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+38.6MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 30,5642024 5-year
- Population density
- 16 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 1,863 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $50,4232024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 65.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 26.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+78.3 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+38.6 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 37, AR · twin score 97.2
presidential history
Party record book
Arkansas 61st 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
88.7%
6,540 votes · D+78.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 86.2%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
68.4%
7,104 votes · R+38.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 68.0%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Jimmy Carter1976
12,182votes
73.3% of the vote · D+46.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Bill Clinton, 1992 · 9,888 votes
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
9,819votes
68.0% of the vote · R+37.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 8,883 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
+60.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+35.5 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · +60.5 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2020
+38.3pts R vs U.S.
Place R+33.8 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · +37.1 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 | 27.7%2,835 | 72.3%7,399 | 10,234 |
| 2020 | R | 0.0%0 | 100.0%10,311 | 10,311 |
Arkansas 61st State House District sits in the Mid-South. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 78.3 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 38.6 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 4.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 38.6 points.
A population of 30,564, a 66% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $50,423 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 37 and State House District 42.
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 61st State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/05061/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.