- Lead
- 624
- Total
- 41,278
- vs nation
- Even
Arkansas 13th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 2,119
- Total
- 43,651
- vs nation
- R+9.3
- Lead
- 5,070
- Total
- 39,305
- vs nation
- R+15.0
- Lead
- 8,371
- Total
- 41,381
- vs nation
- R+24.1
- Lead
- 8,441
- Total
- 41,993
- vs nation
- R+27.4
- Lead
- 8,498
- Total
- 39,912
- vs nation
- R+18.8
- Lead
- 7,034
- Total
- 32,991
- vs nation
- R+21.8
- Lead
- 1,935
- Total
- 31,804
- vs nation
- R+14.6
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+1.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 87,9952024 5-year
- Population density
- 790 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 111 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $80,3112024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 64.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 22.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+59.4 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+52.9 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 39, OK · twin score 94.6
presidential history
Party record book
Arkansas 13th 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. Roosevelt1936
79.6%
2,141 votes · D+59.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 73.5%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
76.3%
20,231 votes · R+52.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James G. Blaine, 1884 · 75.8%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
20,229votes
46.3% of the vote · R+4.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 19,807 votes
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
27,435votes
72.3% of the vote · R+45.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George H. W. Bush, 1988 · 24,950 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
+35.1pts D vs U.S.
Place D+59.4 · U.S. D+24.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · +30.0 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+50.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+28.2 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George H. W. Bush, 1988 · +33.2 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%18,736 | 40.8%12,922 | 31,658 |
| 2020 | D | 59.8%22,303 | 40.2%15,000 | 37,303 |
Arkansas 13th State Senate District sits in the Mid-South. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 59.4 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 52.9 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.3 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 1.5 points.
A population of 87,995, a 65% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $80,311 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 39 and State Senate District 2.
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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