- Lead
- 19,260
- Total
- 33,884
- vs nation
- R+55.4
Arkansas 26th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 19,325
- Total
- 35,142
- vs nation
- R+59.4
- Lead
- 16,784
- Total
- 32,374
- vs nation
- R+53.9
- Lead
- 13,941
- Total
- 31,492
- vs nation
- R+48.1
- Lead
- 13,064
- Total
- 31,952
- vs nation
- R+48.2
- Lead
- 8,623
- Total
- 33,117
- vs nation
- R+23.6
- Lead
- 6,446
- Total
- 29,779
- vs nation
- R+22.2
- Lead
- 525
- Total
- 27,764
- vs nation
- R+6.6
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+56.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 85,2052024 5-year
- Population density
- 58 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 1,476 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $57,2462024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 81.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+59.9 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+56.8 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 18, AR · twin score 98.0
presidential history
Party record book
Arkansas 26th 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
79.0%
6,233 votes · D+59.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 78.1%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
77.3%
26,205 votes · R+56.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 76.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Jimmy Carter1976
15,644votes
56.6% of the vote · D+13.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Bill Clinton, 1992 · 13,188 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
26,759votes
76.1% of the vote · R+55.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 26,205 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
+50.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+44.4 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John W. Davis, 1924 · +48.2 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2020
+59.4pts R vs U.S.
Place R+55.0 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · +55.4 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 | 21.0%6,332 | 79.0%23,776 | 30,108 |
| 2020 | R | 19.1%4,225 | 80.9%17,838 | 22,063 |
With a 56.8-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, this district ranks among the state's most reliably one-sided constituencies, reflecting the rural demographic and cultural patterns that have reshaped Arkansas politics over the past two decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 59.9 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 56.8 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 56.8 points.
A population of 85,205, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $57,246 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 18 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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Arkansas 26th State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/05026/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.