- Lead
- 8,088
- Total
- 18,157
- vs nation
- R+43.1
Arkansas 83rd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 8,169
- Total
- 17,392
- vs nation
- R+51.4
- Lead
- 7,544
- Total
- 14,961
- vs nation
- R+52.5
- Lead
- 6,740
- Total
- 13,937
- vs nation
- R+52.2
- Lead
- 6,178
- Total
- 13,189
- vs nation
- R+54.1
- Lead
- 3,925
- Total
- 11,543
- vs nation
- R+31.5
- Lead
- 2,362
- Total
- 9,401
- vs nation
- R+25.6
- Lead
- 129
- Total
- 8,093
- vs nation
- R+6.9
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+44.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 29,8212024 5-year
- Population density
- 228 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 131 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $85,8152024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 87.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+83.7 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+50.4 in 2016MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 8, AK · twin score 94.7
presidential history
Party record book
Arkansas 83rd 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
91.0%
515 votes · D+83.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940 · 84.7%
Republican
Donald Trump2016
74.1%
11,085 votes · R+50.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · 73.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
4,845votes
26.7% of the vote · R+44.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 4,427 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
12,933votes
71.2% of the vote · R+44.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 12,596 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
+75.9pts D vs U.S.
Place D+50.7 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William J. Bryan, 1896 · +69.2 pts
Republican
John McCain2008
+54.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+46.8 · U.S. D+7.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · +52.5 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 | 29.5%3,898 | 70.5%9,326 | 13,224 |
| 2020 | R | 28.6%3,803 | 71.4%9,500 | 13,303 |
With a 44.5-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, this rural district ranks among the state's most one-sided legislative seats, reflecting the demographic and cultural patterns common to Arkansas's non-metropolitan interior.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 83.7 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 50.4 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.4 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 44.5 points.
A population of 29,821, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $85,815 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 8 and State House District 137.
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 83rd State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/05083/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.