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Arkansas 8th State Senate District

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President margin by year

Place winner margin

1876–2024 · D minus R

Full record · 1876 → 2024

2024

Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab

The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the district’s overall result across 1892–2024, on its current boundaries.

People and households

Who lives here

Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.

Race · ethnicity · ancestry

Communities and origins

African American†47.4%13.5%9.9%

African7.8%0.9%0.5%

English7.9%12.3%9.5%

Irish4.6%8.9%9.4%

German4.5%9.2%12.5%

American4.1%7.5%5.3%

Scottish0.9%1.8%1.3%

Italian0.8%1.4%4.8%

French0.6%1.3%1.6%

Scotch-Irish0.5%0.6%—

Mexican2.3%6.3%11.3%

Guatemalan0.2%0.4%0.5%

Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.

Age and life stage

Measure	AR SD 8	Arkansas	United States
Median age	40.5	38.8	39.1
Age 18–24	8.9%	9.4%	9.2%
Age 65 and older	17.4%	17.5%	17.2%

Household economy

Measure	AR SD 8	Arkansas	United States
Median household income	$46,919	$60,773	$84,427
Poverty rate	20.9%	16.0%	12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)	25.4%	26.0%	35.6%

Housing and tenure

Measure	AR SD 8	Arkansas	United States
Owner-occupied homes	62.6%	66.4%	65.2%
Renter-occupied homes	37.4%	33.6%	34.8%
Median home value	$102,600	$188,000	$332,700
Median gross rent (monthly)	$839	$947	$1,413
Renters paying 30%+ of income	46.4%	44.8%	51.1%
Vacant housing units	21.9%	13.5%	10.1%

Getting to work

Measure	AR SD 8	Arkansas	United States
Mean commute	22.9 min	22.5 min	26.4 min
Commutes 60 minutes or more	6.6%	5.6%	8.6%
Drives alone to work	82.6%	78.9%	68.8%
Takes public transit	0.6%	0.3%	3.2%
Works from home	5.5%	8.8%	15.1%

Languages at home

Measure	AR SD 8	Arkansas	United States
Speaks a non-English language at home	5.9%	8.3%	22.3%
Spanish	4.1%	6.2%	13.6%

Religious landscape

Measure	AR SD 8	Arkansas	United States
Catholic	—	5.2%	18.6%
Evangelical Protestant	—	38.2%	16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted	—	42.5%	51.5%

Origins and service

Measure	AR SD 8	Arkansas	United States
Foreign-born residents	2.1%	5.4%	14.1%
Naturalized citizens	0.7%	1.9%	7.4%
Not U.S. citizens	1.5%	3.6%	6.8%
Veterans (18+)	6.2%	7.4%	6.2%
Income inequality (Gini)	0.475	0.479	0.483

American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations · American Community Survey 2024 — housing and tenure (B25003, B25002, B25077, B25064, B25070), commuting (B08013, B08303, B08301), origins and service (B05002, B21001, B19083).

President results by year

Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries

HarrisDemocratic58.7%15,149TrumpRepublican39.6%10,223OtherAll other candidates1.7%433

D+19.1

Lead: 4,926
Total: 25,805
vs nation: D+20.6

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

BidenDemocratic59.4%17,949TrumpRepublican37.3%11,272OtherAll other candidates3.4%1,014

D+22.1

Lead: 6,677
Total: 30,235
vs nation: D+17.6

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

ClintonDemocratic63.1%19,156TrumpRepublican35.9%10,880OtherAll other candidates1.0%311

D+27.3

Lead: 8,276
Total: 30,347
vs nation: D+25.2

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

ObamaDemocratic65.0%21,093RomneyRepublican33.6%10,914OtherAll other candidates1.4%454

D+31.4

Lead: 10,179
Total: 32,461
vs nation: D+27.5

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

ObamaDemocratic64.1%22,408McCainRepublican34.0%11,862OtherAll other candidates1.9%666

D+30.2

Lead: 10,546
Total: 34,936
vs nation: D+22.9

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

KerryDemocratic67.8%24,294BushRepublican30.5%10,928OtherAll other candidates1.6%584

D+37.3

Lead: 13,366
Total: 35,806
vs nation: D+39.8

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

GoreDemocratic68.4%22,049BushRepublican29.2%9,417OtherAll other candidates2.4%766

D+39.2

Lead: 12,632
Total: 32,232
vs nation: D+38.7

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

ClintonDemocratic74.9%25,042DoleRepublican19.2%6,424OtherAll other candidates5.8%1,952

D+55.7

Lead: 18,618
Total: 33,418
vs nation: D+47.2

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: D+19.1MIT Election Lab
Population: 84,7462024 5-year
Population density: 31 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
Land area: 2,727 sq miTIGER/Line
Median household income: $46,9192024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 37.6%2024 5-year
Black: 55.3%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 3.2%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+91.1 in 1936MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+31.3 in 1884MIT Election Lab
Most similar: State Senate District 37, MS · twin score 96.4

presidential history

Party record book

Arkansas 8th 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

Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.

Democratic

Franklin D. Roosevelt1936

95.5%

5,715 votes · D+91.1 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 91.9%

Republican

James G. Blaine1884

65.6%

3,234 votes · R+31.3 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · Benjamin Harrison, 1888 · 65.1%

Most votes

Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.

Democratic

Bill Clinton1992

27,867votes

72.7% of the vote · D+52.6 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · Jimmy Carter, 1976 · 27,672 votes

Republican

Richard Nixon1972

17,002votes

57.3% of the vote · R+14.6 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 14,735 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

James M. Cox1920

+74.4pts D vs U.S.

Place D+48.2 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · John W. Davis, 1924 · +74.0 pts

Republican

Barry Goldwater1964

−5.2pts R vs U.S.

Place D+27.8 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · −8.5 pts

current representation

Current officeholders

DStephanie FlowersState Senate · 8

State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.

U.S. House elections · 3 House

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.

Source · Akashic county-allocated estimate from certified county returns, House; not precinct-counted.
Year	Vote lead	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	49.3%13,233	50.7%13,594	26,827
2020	R	43.0%12,702	57.0%16,852	29,554
2018	D	58.1%9,693	41.9%6,982	16,675

Arkansas 8th State Senate District sits in the Mid-South. In 2024 it voted Democratic.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 91.1 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 31.3 points in 1884. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 19.1 points.

A population of 84,746, a 38% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $46,919 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 37 and State Senate District 9.

Political twins — state-senate districts

The state-senate districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.

State Senate District 37

% Black2008–2016 trajectory≠ African American ancestry

State Senate District 9

% Black2008–2012 trajectory% Evangelical

State Senate District 32

% Black2008–2016 trajectory≠ elasticity

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.

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Places within Arkansas 8th State Senate District

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Frequently asked questions

How did Arkansas 8th State Senate District vote in 2024?

In 2024, Arkansas 8th State Senate District voted Democratic by 19.1 points (D+19.1), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 25,805 votes cast, 15,149 went Democratic and 10,223 went Republican.

When did Arkansas 8th State Senate District last vote Republican?

The most recent presidential election in which Arkansas 8th State Senate District voted Republican was 1972.

How many people live in Arkansas 8th State Senate District?

Arkansas 8th State Senate District has a population of 84,746 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Arkansas 8th State Senate District?

Median household income in Arkansas 8th State Senate District is $46,919 — below the national median of $80,734. The Arkansas state median is $60,773.

What is the political history of Arkansas 8th State Senate District?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Arkansas 8th State Senate District from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 33 went Democratic and 5 went Republican.