Editing Polk County, Arkansas (section)

=== Politics ===
Since 1952, Polk County has been heavily [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]], only voting for the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] nominee for president three times since then. It last voted for the Democratic nominee for president in 1992, when it gave Arkansas governor [[Bill Clinton]] 43.8 percent of the vote. After this, the county trended rapidly towards Republicans, with the Republican margin of victory increasing in every subsequent election. In 2020, the county gave Republican presidential nominee [[Donald Trump]] 82.9 percent of the vote, the highest ever vote share for a Republican presidential candidate in the county, and Democratic nominee [[Joe Biden]] 14.7 percent of the vote, the lowest ever vote share for a Democratic presidential candidate in the county.
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|6,987|1,145|156|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|7,035|1,246|209|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|6,618|1,212|401|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|5,955|1,556|215|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|5,473|1,957|251|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|5,192|2,473|134|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|4,600|2,315|278|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|2,852|2,824|1,003|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|2,757|3,162|1,298|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|4,099|2,390|106|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|5,181|2,101|104|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|3,993|2,617|214|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|2,432|3,505|29|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|3,609|1,120|94|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|2,094|1,290|1,812|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|2,022|2,575|11|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|1,882|1,635|115|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|1,832|1,287|24|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|1,756|1,379|6|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|554|1,417|169|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|764|999|10|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|585|1,255|18|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|537|1,170|28|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|223|1,568|83|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|1,022|870|24|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|502|863|229|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|1,173|1,208|154|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|448|1,242|0|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|162|694|606|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|628|824|206|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1904|Democratic|476|528|173|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|411|922|54|Arkansas}}
{{PresFoot|1896|Democratic|51|1,004|12|Arkansas}}