Editing Desha County, Arkansas (section)

=== Politics ===
Desha County had consistently voted Democratic, even as Arkansas as a whole has strongly shifted to the Republican Party and the margins in the county shrinking due to depopulation, voting for the Democratic nominee in every presidential election from 1972 to 2020. In 2020, [[Joe Biden]] became the first Democrat since [[Walter Mondale]] to fall under 50% in the county, winning a plurality. In 2024, [[Donald Trump]] became the first Republican since [[Richard Nixon]] in 1972 to win the county.
{{PresHead|place=Desha County, Arkansas|whig=no|source1=<ref name="DL">{{cite web|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/|access-date=November 18, 2016}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|1,805|1,638|62|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|1,921|2,016|227|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|1,919|2,228|110|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|1,896|2,443|81|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|1,999|2,569|110|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|1,729|2,851|67|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|1,603|2,776|116|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|978|3,230|345|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|1,279|3,815|527|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|2,334|2,859|242|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1984|Democratic|2,696|2,918|264|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|2,057|3,748|232|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|1,372|4,228|0|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|3,385|1,665|8|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1968|American Independent|972|2,270|2,474|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,930|3,294|12|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|1,063|2,502|371|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|1,204|2,935|52|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|1,037|3,150|5|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|233|2,122|678|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|186|1,175|1|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|146|1,370|10|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|55|1,411|2|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|81|1,549|9|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|331|1,082|2|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|209|540|221|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|360|931|23|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|369|960|0|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|52|314|174|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|263|518|11|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1904|Democratic|82|204|1|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|168|328|9|Arkansas}}
{{PresFoot|1896|Democratic|290|396|30|Arkansas}}