Blytheville, AR · which candidate this place backed in each party’s presidential nominating contest, cycle by cycle. A primary is a contest inside one party, so it has no Democratic–Republican margin and is not part of the general-election record above.
Akashic reports votes cast, not delegates awarded. The two can disagree: Clinton led the 2008 national primary popular vote by less than half a point and did not win the nomination.
Primary returns are published at county grain, and this place is a single county: Mississippi County, Arkansas. The figures below are that county’s, which is the same territory — not a larger unit standing in for it.
Presidential nominating contests in Blytheville, AR, by party and cycle.
○no contest record — Akashic holds no result for that party and cycle here. It is not a claim that no contest was held. Telling apart a contest that was cancelled, one that went uncontested, and one simply not yet ingested needs a nominating-contest calendar, which is a separate ingest from results and does not exist yet.
Republican presidential primaries are not yet ingested — the Republican series runs from 1856 and is in scope. The row is kept so its absence is visible: a Democratic-only panel would otherwise read as though no one else held a contest.
Akashic carries 10 states for 2012 and 3 states for 2024. Cycles in which an incumbent president seeks renomination are thin by nature — few states run a contested primary — so a sparse column is politics, not a hole in the record.
County returns carry a leader and a lead over the runner-up, and nothing more. The full candidate field with vote shares is published at state grain — follow a cycle above to the state contest for it.
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Blytheville, AR
Year
Total registered
2018
22,412
2020
20,601
2022
19,421
2024
20,151
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−408 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −9,536 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Blytheville, AR in Blytheville, AR: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−504
2012
−665
2013
−987
2014
−645
2015
−703
2016
−984
2017
−862
2018
−919
2019
−652
2021
−843
2022
−634
2023
−151
2024
−579
2025
−408
Once anchored by Eaker Air Force Base, Blytheville's economy shifted sharply after the 1991 base closure, accelerating population loss and leaving a majority-Black city in one of Arkansas's most economically distressed corners.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 88.1 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 50.5 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 9.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 31.6 points.
A population of 39,126, a 56% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $52,548 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Rockingham, NC and Arkadelphia, AR.
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In 2024, Blytheville, AR, Arkansas voted Republican by 31.6 points (R+31.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 10,717 votes cast, 3,574 went Democratic and 6,963 went Republican.
When did Blytheville, AR, Arkansas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Blytheville, AR, Arkansas voted Democratic was 2004.
How many people live in Blytheville, AR, Arkansas?
Blytheville, AR, Arkansas has a population of 39,126 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Blytheville, AR, Arkansas?
Median household income in Blytheville, AR, Arkansas is $52,548 — below the national median of $80,734. The Arkansas state median is $60,773.
What is the political history of Blytheville, AR, Arkansas?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Blytheville, AR, Arkansas from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 24 went Democratic and 9 went Republican.
