- Lead
- 3,587
- Total
- 8,017
- vs nation
- D+46.2
Arkansas 72nd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 4,270
- Total
- 9,605
- vs nation
- D+40.0
- Lead
- 3,860
- Total
- 9,287
- vs nation
- D+39.5
- Lead
- 3,448
- Total
- 9,174
- vs nation
- D+33.7
- Lead
- 3,473
- Total
- 9,351
- vs nation
- D+29.9
- Lead
- 3,297
- Total
- 8,912
- vs nation
- D+39.5
- Lead
- 2,630
- Total
- 7,400
- vs nation
- D+35.0
- Lead
- 3,450
- Total
- 7,695
- vs nation
- D+36.3
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+44.7MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 29,9032024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,473 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 20.3 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $36,6822024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 30.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 52.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 10.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+91.9 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+1.7 in 1884MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 66, AR · twin score 99.1
presidential history
Party record book
Arkansas 72nd 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. Roosevelt1936
96.0%
784 votes · D+91.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 93.8%
Republican
James G. Blaine1884
50.7%
151 votes · R+1.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 50.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
6,787votes
70.7% of the vote · D+44.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hillary Clinton, 2016 · 6,398 votes
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
3,176votes
44.5% of the vote · D+9.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George H. W. Bush, 1988 · 2,896 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 · James M. Cox, 1920 · +81.3 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
−4.0pts R vs U.S.
Place D+26.5 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · −21.9 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+44.7, this Little Rock-area district ranks among the most reliably Democratic constituencies in a state that otherwise leans heavily Republican at nearly every level.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 91.9 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 1.7 points in 1884. The 2024 margin was 44.7 points.
A population of 29,903, a 31% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $36,682 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 66 and State House District 65.
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 72nd State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/05072/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.