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1876–2024
Dallas County, Arkansas
Dallas County·Arkansas

Dallas County voted Democratic for a century. The shift began with civil rights.

A rural south Arkansas county where Republican margins have widened each cycle

18762024·38 elections
Dallas County, Arkansas · Brandonrush · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+29
in 2024
Archetype
Old Confederacy
since the recent cycles
Population
6,242
2024 ACS
Most similar
Lafayette County
AR · similarity 0.99
9 precincts · 2,324 votes cast
Trump · R+29
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−29.4%
7981,4822,324
2020R
−23.0%
9631,5732,649
2016R
−12.7%
1,1651,5092,700
2012R
−10.6%
1,3371,6653,084
2008R
−8.6%
1,4711,7573,318
2004R
−0.9%
1,6711,7003,388
2000D
+4.2%
1,7101,5713,325
1996D
+31.4%
2,1181,0413,435
1992D
+16.5%
2,1071,4583,925
1988D
+1.1%
1,9901,9473,958
1984R
−7.3%
2,0352,3614,472
1980D
+27.4%
2,8381,5964,539
1976D
+52.6%
3,2661,0124,286
1972R
−21.1%
1,4022,1523,554
1968D
+15.9%
1,2536723,647
1964D
+4.5%
1,7791,6253,447
1960D
+37.5%
1,6396592,615
1956D
+26.9%
1,7269842,762
1952D
+49.8%
2,2027372,944
1948D
+60.0%
1,1741521,702
1944D
+64.5%
1,2382661,507
1940D
+80.2%
1,2951181,467
1936D
+86.6%
1,4331031,536
1932D
+86.6%
2,1391502,296
1928D
+34.3%
1,0305031,537
1924D
+44.4%
1,0684011,503
1920D
+26.4%
1,1406591,821
1916D
+37.1%
1,1505271,677
1912D
+32.4%
6542281,316
1908D
+5.9%
7216361,437
1904D
+9.4%
6044961,152
1900D
+18.2%
7465141,274
1896D
+36.4%
1,0324791,518
1892D
+25.6%
8674981,444
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Polish
1.4%
African American
34.1%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
37.6%
Methodist
13.6%
Other Christian
10.8%
Pentecostal & Holiness
4.5%
Catholic & Orthodox
0.4%
Mainline Protestant
0.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 32.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Dallas County's population has contracted steadily since the 1980s, and its remaining electorate—largely rural and working-class—has shifted decisively toward Republican presidential candidates over the past decade, with 2024 margins approaching 30 points.

The shift began with civil rights. 2004 marked the realignment in Dallas County, by a one points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at twenty-nine points in 2024. The 2024 margin was twenty-nine points.

The political shift has tracked, in Dallas County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 53% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $42,500, and a 14% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lafayette County and Nevada County.