- Lead
- 2,865
- Total
- 15,485
- vs nation
- D+20.0
Arkansas 73rd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 2,810
- Total
- 16,759
- vs nation
- D+12.3
- Lead
- 1,933
- Total
- 15,089
- vs nation
- D+10.7
- Lead
- 882
- Total
- 15,609
- vs nation
- D+1.8
- Lead
- 902
- Total
- 15,755
- vs nation
- R+1.5
- Lead
- 735
- Total
- 14,965
- vs nation
- D+7.4
- Lead
- 533
- Total
- 12,482
- vs nation
- D+3.8
- Lead
- 2,316
- Total
- 12,445
- vs nation
- D+10.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+18.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 29,9722024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,223 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 24.5 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $86,8532024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 73.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 14.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+77.9 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+31.1 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 20, AR · twin score 96.4
presidential history
Party record book
Arkansas 73rd 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
88.7%
1,065 votes · D+77.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 83.9%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
65.3%
5,940 votes · R+31.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James G. Blaine, 1884 · 63.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
9,578votes
57.2% of the vote · D+16.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 8,952 votes
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
8,034votes
60.8% of the vote · R+22.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George H. W. Bush, 1988 · 7,301 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. Roosevelt1936
+53.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+77.9 · U.S. D+24.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John W. Davis, 1924 · +51.5 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+24.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+2.2 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George H. W. Bush, 1988 · +9.3 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 | D | 59.2%6,382 | 40.8%4,402 | 10,784 |
| 2020 | D | 59.8%7,597 | 40.2%5,109 | 12,706 |
Arkansas 73rd State House District sits in the Mid-South. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 77.9 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 31.1 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.7 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 18.5 points.
A population of 29,972, a 74% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $86,853 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 20 and State House District 75.
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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