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State Senate District 28·Arkansas

Arkansas 28th State Senate District voted Democratic for a century; it now votes Republican by 52 points.

One of Arkansas's most Republican-leaning legislative districts

1876 — 2024·38 elections
AR
Latest
R+52
in 2024
Archetype
Old Confederacy
since the recent cycles
Population
93,332
2024 ACS

Arkansas 28th State Senate District, Arkansas: Old Confederacy district. In 2024, voted R+52%. Republican peak: R+52 in 2024.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+52MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
Population
93,3322024 5-year
Median household income
$53,8422024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
80.9%2024 5-year
Black
0.4%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
8.8%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+36 in 1932MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+52 in 2024MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
6 counties · 0 D · 6 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−52.4%
8,96929,57739,301
R
−49.7%
9,53329,32839,841
R
−48.2%
8,88026,21035,943
R
−35.5%
10,80223,33935,293
R
−29.4%
12,03322,55135,731
R
−23.4%
13,45721,87035,925
R
−22.3%
11,90119,12532,331
D
+1.5%
13,94213,46431,131
D
+4.2%
14,39213,02532,354
R
−24.1%
10,62217,48328,462
R
−32.3%
9,90219,50129,752
R
−14.8%
12,08816,53730,152
D
+17.1%
15,21110,76726,032
R
−39.8%
6,48515,16221,776
R
−16.4%
5,9409,38520,973
D
+12.4%
10,6128,25418,945
R
−16.3%
7,0869,89117,230
R
−8.3%
7,6509,04316,754
R
−13.6%
7,80410,26618,107
D
+16.4%
8,0525,70914,265
D
+7.8%
6,1895,29011,487
D
+18.6%
7,3145,01712,379
D
+25.2%
6,9794,16511,175
D
+36.5%
8,8164,03913,090
R
−9.8%
5,8617,14513,072
D
+13.6%
4,7883,5728,972
D
+3.4%
5,2104,85410,396
D
+20.1%
5,6503,7589,407
D
+24.7%
3,5671,8396,991
D
+9.6%
4,8213,9439,164
D
+3.6%
3,6513,3897,331
D
+19.0%
5,0193,3998,505
D
+31.0%
6,6113,44810,191
D
+22.4%
5,3303,2909,088
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
13.9%
German
12.0%
Irish
10.3%
American
9.9%
French
2.3%
Scottish
2.0%
Italian
1.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 42.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.9%
85+
1.2%
3.0%
75–84
3.6%
6.1%
65–74
6.6%
7.2%
55–64
7.0%
6.0%
45–54
5.9%
5.7%
35–44
5.7%
5.7%
25–34
5.5%
3.9%
18–24
3.5%
8.9%
5–17
8.0%
2.7%
<5
2.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$53,842
State Senate District 28 ranks near the middle of US counties.
State Senate District 28$53,842
Arkansas$60,773
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
15.6%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1820.5%
Working age (18–64)14.3%
Seniors (65+)12.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
92.6%
speak English only
Spanish5.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.1%
Other Indo-European0.9%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
20.7%
Other Christian
13.6%
Pentecostal & Holiness
5.0%
Methodist
2.8%
Catholic & Orthodox
2.6%
Mainline Protestant
2.1%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 53.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

With a 2024 presidential margin of R+68.5, this district ranks among the most reliably one-sided state senate seats in Arkansas, leaving general-election competition effectively absent and intraparty primaries as the decisive contests.

The shift began with civil rights. 2000 marked the realignment in Arkansas 28th State Senate District, by a twenty-two points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at fifty-two points in 2024. The 2024 margin was fifty-two points.

The political shift has tracked, in Arkansas 28th State Senate District, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 81% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $53,842, and a 16% poverty rate describe the demographic context.

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Frequently asked questions

How did State Senate District 28, Arkansas vote in 2024?
In 2024, State Senate District 28, Arkansas voted Republican by 52.4 points (R+52), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 39,301 votes cast, 8,969 went Democratic and 29,577 went Republican.
What is State Senate District 28, Arkansas's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State Senate District 28, Arkansas as a "Old Confederacy" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 18 times, Republican 16 times, and other 0 times.
When did State Senate District 28, Arkansas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which State Senate District 28, Arkansas voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in State Senate District 28, Arkansas?
State Senate District 28, Arkansas has a population of 93,332 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in State Senate District 28, Arkansas?
Median household income in State Senate District 28, Arkansas is $53,842 — below the national median of $80,734. The Arkansas state median is $60,773.
What is the political history of State Senate District 28, Arkansas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in State Senate District 28, Arkansas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 18 went Democratic and 16 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.