| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 1,642 | 4,753 | 6,534 | |
| 2020 | R | 1,772 | 4,946 | 6,942 | |
| 2016 | R | 1,999 | 4,584 | 6,688 | |
| 2012 | R | 2,279 | 4,269 | 6,681 | |
| 2008 | R | 2,580 | 4,393 | 7,130 | |
| 2004 | R | 3,135 | 3,864 | 7,074 | |
| 2000 | D | 3,096 | 3,033 | 6,215 | |
| 1996 | D | 3,631 | 2,000 | 6,160 | |
| 1992 | D | 4,058 | 2,303 | 6,986 | |
| 1988 | R | 2,989 | 3,186 | 6,212 | |
| 1984 | R | 2,701 | 3,917 | 6,635 | |
| 1980 | D | 3,471 | 2,895 | 6,492 | |
| 1976 | D | 4,198 | 1,909 | 6,137 | |
| 1972 | R | 1,221 | 3,743 | 5,143 | |
| 1968 | D | 1,555 | 1,093 | 5,704 | |
| 1964 | D | 2,421 | 2,147 | 4,580 | |
| 1960 | D | 2,088 | 1,287 | 3,615 | |
| 1956 | D | 2,165 | 1,176 | 3,417 | |
| 1952 | D | 2,344 | 1,461 | 3,817 | |
| 1948 | D | 1,100 | 213 | 2,265 | |
| 1944 | D | 1,724 | 452 | 2,182 | |
| 1940 | D | 1,746 | 285 | 2,035 | |
| 1936 | D | 1,644 | 133 | 1,797 | |
| 1932 | D | 2,066 | 87 | 2,164 | |
| 1928 | D | 1,282 | 324 | 1,610 | |
| 1924 | D | 625 | 192 | 911 | |
| 1920 | D | 845 | 457 | 1,344 | |
| 1916 | D | 927 | 252 | 1,179 | |
| 1912 | D | 491 | 293 | 1,097 | |
| 1908 | D | 705 | 507 | 1,273 | |
| 1904 | D | 630 | 321 | 979 | |
| 1900 | D | 638 | 312 | 953 | |
| 1896 | D | 908 | 224 | 1,133 | |
| 1892 | D | 677 | 432 | 1,183 | |
| 1888 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1876 | — | — | — | — |
Cross County sits in Arkansas's Mississippi Delta lowlands, where a majority-Black population and declining rural economy combine to produce one of the state's more complex demographic backdrops despite the lopsided 2024 presidential margin.
The Democratic margin in Cross County peaked at ninety-one points in 1932. By 2004 the county had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was forty-eight points, the most Republican-leaning result in the county's modern history.
The economic context is the key. Cross County's median household income of $50,863 sits well below state and national norms, and 20% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Prairie County and Avoyelles Parish.