- Lead
- 14,145
- Total
- 39,188
- vs nation
- R+34.6
Arkansas 6th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 13,733
- Total
- 40,467
- vs nation
- R+38.4
- Lead
- 12,892
- Total
- 36,236
- vs nation
- R+37.7
- Lead
- 11,345
- Total
- 36,984
- vs nation
- R+34.5
- Lead
- 10,096
- Total
- 39,078
- vs nation
- R+33.1
- Lead
- 3,641
- Total
- 35,816
- vs nation
- R+7.7
- Lead
- 2,784
- Total
- 31,663
- vs nation
- R+9.3
- Lead
- 5,017
- Total
- 31,530
- vs nation
- D+7.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+36.1MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 87,6332024 5-year
- Population density
- 108 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 815 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $55,4602024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 77.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 8.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+69.7 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+46.5 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 3, VA · twin score 89.2
presidential history
Party record book
Arkansas 6th 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
84.8%
3,605 votes · D+69.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940 · 71.8%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
72.6%
12,907 votes · R+46.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 67.0%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Bill Clinton1996
16,852votes
53.4% of the vote · D+15.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Bill Clinton, 1992 · 16,408 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
26,603votes
65.7% of the vote · R+33.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 26,237 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
+51.9pts D vs U.S.
Place D+69.7 · U.S. D+17.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William J. Bryan, 1896 · +45.0 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2020
+38.4pts R vs U.S.
Place R+33.9 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · +37.7 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 | 27.8%9,929 | 72.2%25,730 | 35,659 |
| 2020 | R | 27.8%10,411 | 72.2%27,022 | 37,433 |
Its Republican presidential margin was R+36.1 in 2024 and R+25.8 in 2008. The district had about 128,000 residents, 81.9% White alone in the 2024 ACS 5-year.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 69.7 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 46.5 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 36.1 points.
A population of 87,633, a 77% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $55,460 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 3 and State Senate District 23.
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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Arkansas 6th State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/05006/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.