- Lead
- 5,045
- Total
- 25,475
- vs nation
- R+18.3
Arkansas 27th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 4,682
- Total
- 26,771
- vs nation
- R+21.9
- Lead
- 5,344
- Total
- 24,363
- vs nation
- R+24.0
- Lead
- 4,757
- Total
- 24,631
- vs nation
- R+23.2
- Lead
- 4,079
- Total
- 24,628
- vs nation
- R+23.8
- Lead
- 1,282
- Total
- 25,826
- vs nation
- R+2.5
- Lead
- 77
- Total
- 23,637
- vs nation
- R+0.8
- Lead
- 3,274
- Total
- 21,660
- vs nation
- D+6.6
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+19.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 84,3202024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,322 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 63.8 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $53,8932024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 56.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 9.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 20.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+72.1 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+48.1 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 34, OK · twin score 90.5
presidential history
Party record book
Arkansas 27th 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
85.9%
3,380 votes · D+72.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 85.1%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
73.9%
12,365 votes · R+48.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 67.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Bill Clinton1992
12,175votes
49.6% of the vote · D+15.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John Kerry, 2004 · 12,105 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
15,254votes
57.0% of the vote · R+17.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 14,926 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
+66.9pts D vs U.S.
Place D+60.8 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +65.4 pts
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
+24.9pts R vs U.S.
Place R+48.1 · U.S. R+23.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · +24.0 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 | 26.9%7,512 | 73.1%20,405 | 27,917 |
Arkansas 27th State Senate District sits in the Mid-South. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 72.1 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 48.1 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 19.8 points.
A population of 84,320, a 56% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $53,893 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 34 and State Senate District 45.
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 27th State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/05027/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.