- Lead
- 6,857
- Total
- 12,892
- vs nation
- R+51.7
Arkansas 68th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 7,179
- Total
- 13,120
- vs nation
- R+59.2
- Lead
- 6,914
- Total
- 11,381
- vs nation
- R+62.8
- Lead
- 5,984
- Total
- 10,302
- vs nation
- R+61.9
- Lead
- 5,554
- Total
- 10,106
- vs nation
- R+62.2
- Lead
- 3,762
- Total
- 9,243
- vs nation
- R+38.2
- Lead
- 2,262
- Total
- 7,448
- vs nation
- R+30.9
- Lead
- 61
- Total
- 6,556
- vs nation
- R+7.6
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+53.2MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 31,1832024 5-year
- Population density
- 609 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 51.2 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $77,2762024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 83.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+84.6 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+60.8 in 2016MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 50, AL · twin score 96.1
presidential history
Party record book
Arkansas 68th 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
92.0%
1,112 votes · D+84.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 85.6%
Republican
Donald Trump2016
78.7%
8,954 votes · R+60.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · 77.7%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Bill Clinton1996
2,939votes
44.8% of the vote · D+0.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 2,888 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
9,934votes
75.7% of the vote · R+54.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 9,745 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
Franklin D. Roosevelt1932
+66.8pts D vs U.S.
Place D+84.6 · U.S. D+17.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William J. Bryan, 1896 · +62.2 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2016
+62.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+60.8 · U.S. D+2.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · +62.2 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 | 21.0%2,518 | 79.0%9,500 | 12,018 |
| 2020 | R | 0.0%0 | 100.0%11,727 | 11,727 |
With a 2024 presidential margin exceeding 53 points, this district sits at the far end of Arkansas's partisan distribution, reflecting the deep-rural consolidation that has reshaped state legislative maps across the South over the past two decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 84.6 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 60.8 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.5 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 53.2 points.
A population of 31,183, a 83% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $77,276 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 50 and State House District 9.
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 68th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/05068/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.