- Lead
- 24,109
- Total
- 35,854
- vs nation
- R+65.8
Arkansas 5th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 23,421
- Total
- 36,232
- vs nation
- R+69.1
- Lead
- 20,449
- Total
- 33,411
- vs nation
- R+63.3
- Lead
- 17,017
- Total
- 32,707
- vs nation
- R+55.9
- Lead
- 15,201
- Total
- 33,682
- vs nation
- R+52.4
- Lead
- 10,653
- Total
- 34,268
- vs nation
- R+28.6
- Lead
- 8,750
- Total
- 32,388
- vs nation
- R+27.5
- Lead
- 1,685
- Total
- 30,422
- vs nation
- R+3.0
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+67.2MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 85,3222024 5-year
- Population density
- 18 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 4,758 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $53,7502024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 83.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+70.1 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+67.2 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 24, AR · twin score 98.0
presidential history
Party record book
Arkansas 5th State Senate 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
83.9%
8,110 votes · D+70.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William J. Bryan, 1896 · 76.9%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
82.7%
29,659 votes · R+67.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 81.0%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Jimmy Carter1976
18,261votes
61.4% of the vote · D+23.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Bill Clinton, 1992 · 14,773 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
29,659votes
82.7% of the vote · R+67.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 29,346 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
William J. Bryan1896
+60.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+54.6 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · +52.3 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2020
+69.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+64.6 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · +65.8 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 | 17.2%5,504 | 82.8%26,532 | 32,036 |
| 2020 | R | 16.6%4,759 | 83.4%23,855 | 28,614 |
Arkansas 5th State Senate District sits in the Mid-South. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 70.1 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 67.2 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 67.2 points.
A population of 85,322, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $53,750 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 24 and State Senate District 28.
The state-senate 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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