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1876–2024
Madison County, Arkansas
Madison County·Arkansas

Madison County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

One of Arkansas's most lopsided presidential counties in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Madison County, Arkansas · Brandonrush · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+59
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
17,329
2024 ACS
Most similar
Carter County
MO · similarity 0.99
10 precincts · 7,501 votes cast
Trump · R+59
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−58.6%
1,4915,8857,501
2020R
−55.7%
1,5635,6587,351
2016R
−50.2%
1,5884,9286,660
2012R
−32.9%
2,0994,2636,568
2008R
−28.9%
2,1443,9726,328
2004R
−22.7%
2,4213,8736,384
2000R
−23.7%
2,0553,3875,628
1996D
+3.8%
2,5042,3035,355
1992D
+3.4%
2,4152,2385,277
1988R
−18.4%
2,1063,0675,223
1984R
−24.3%
2,1333,5165,703
1980R
−12.8%
2,4343,1805,835
1976D
+7.8%
2,9262,5025,428
1972R
−28.2%
1,8893,3725,261
1968R
−15.2%
1,5742,3204,922
1964D
+15.2%
2,7151,9974,726
1960R
−17.7%
1,7022,4454,201
1956R
−7.2%
2,1862,5254,716
1952R
−15.2%
2,1102,8684,987
1948R
−3.7%
2,0412,2014,297
1944R
−8.5%
1,7882,1203,908
1940D
+2.1%
2,1962,1074,308
1936D
+6.2%
1,6791,4843,167
1932D
+11.9%
2,8032,1975,095
1928R
−23.2%
1,7172,7604,500
1924D
+2.7%
1,3351,2632,696
1920R
−7.8%
1,4631,7153,230
1916D
+4.4%
1,4561,3322,788
1912D
+7.2%
9327862,020
1908R
−3.3%
1,4411,5413,065
1904R
−3.9%
1,0721,1602,277
1900D
+6.7%
1,4751,2892,771
1896D
+14.4%
1,6891,2602,982
1892D
+8.4%
1,3741,1542,631
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%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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
16.7%
Other Christian
9.6%
Methodist
2.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.9%
Mainline Protestant
1.3%
Catholic & Orthodox
0.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 67.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Nestled in the Ozark highlands, Madison County delivered a 58-point Republican margin in 2024, reflecting the deep rural realignment that has reshaped small-population counties across the upland South over the past two decades.

The Republican margin in Madison County reached its widest at fifty-nine points in 2024. The margin in 2024 was fifty-nine points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Madison County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $56,798, a 70% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 17,329 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Carter County and Ripley County.