Election in Arkansas
Main article: 2016 United States presidential election
2016 United States presidential election in Arkansas Turnout 64.65%
Nominee
Donald Trump
Hillary Clinton
Party
Republican
Democratic
Home state
New York
New York
Running mate
Mike Pence
Tim Kaine
Electoral vote
6
0
Popular vote
684,872
380,494
Percentage
60.57%
33.65%
County Results
Trump
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
Clinton
50–60%
60–70%
President before election
Barack Obama
Democratic
Elected President
Donald Trump
Republican
Treemap of the popular vote by county
The 2016 United States presidential election in Arkansas was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Arkansas voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party 's nominee, businessman Donald Trump , and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton , and her running mate Virginia Senator Tim Kaine . Arkansas has six electoral votes in the Electoral College.[1]
Although Clinton once served as First Lady of Arkansas for 12 years as the wife of then Governor of Arkansas Bill Clinton , Arkansas was considered to be a state Trump would win or otherwise a safe red state. Bill Clinton won the state twice in 1992 and 1996 , but the state has trended Republican in every election since 2000 . Trump won the state with 60.57% of the vote, and Hillary Clinton received 33.65% of the vote.[2] The Republican candidate has carried Arkansas in every election since 2000. This is also the first election in which the state simultaneously voted for a Republican presidential candidate and an incumbent Republican Senate candidate. Additionally, Arkansas was one of eleven states that voted twice for Bill Clinton in 1992 and 1996 that Hillary Clinton lost in 2016.
Trump's 60.57% share of the vote is tied with Mitt Romney 's 60.57% in 2012 , making both candidates' performances the best result for the Republicans in Arkansas since Richard Nixon in 1972 . However, Trump bested Romney in terms of margin, winning by 26.92% versus Romney's 23.69%. The Prohibition Party candidate, James Hedges , also had the notable achievement of finishing third in Arkansas County , ahead of major third party candidates Gary Johnson and Jill Stein . Arkansas County was also the only county in the country where he did so.
Primary elections [ ]
On March 1, 2016, in the presidential primaries , Arkansas voters expressed their preferences for the Democratic , Republican , Green , Libertarian , Constitution , and Prohibition parties' respective nominees for president. Registered members of each party only voted in their party's primary, while voters who were unaffiliated chose any one primary in which to vote.
Democratic primary [ ]
Main article: 2016 Arkansas Democratic presidential primary
Results of the Democratic primary by county. Bernie Sanders took
Newton County and
Carroll County . All others went to Hillary Clinton.
Hillary Clinton
Bernie Sanders
Opinion polling [ ]
See also: Statewide opinion polling for the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries § Arkansas
Results [ ]
See also: Results of the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries
Primary date: March 1, 2016
National delegates: 37
Republican primary [ ]
Main article: 2016 Arkansas Republican presidential primary
Republican primary results by county.
Donald Trump
Ted Cruz
Marco Rubio
Twelve candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot:[3] [4]
Arkansas Republican primary, March 1, 2016
Candidate
Votes
Percentage
Actual delegate count
Bound
Unbound
Total
Donald Trump
134,744
32.79%
16
0
16
Ted Cruz
125,340
30.50%
15
0
15
Marco Rubio
101,910
24.80%
9
0
9
Ben Carson
23,521
5.72%
0
0
0
John Kasich
15,305
3.72%
0
0
0
Mike Huckabee (withdrawn)
4,792
1.17%
0
0
0
Jeb Bush (withdrawn)
2,402
0.58%
0
0
0
Rand Paul (withdrawn)
1,151
0.28%
0
0
0
Chris Christie (withdrawn)
631
0.15%
0
0
0
Carly Fiorina (withdrawn)
411
0.10%
0
0
0
Rick Santorum (withdrawn)
292
0.07%
0
0
0
Lindsey Graham (withdrawn)
252
0.06%
0
0
0
Bobby Jindal (withdrawn)
169
0.04%
0
0
0
Unprojected delegates:
0
0
0
Total:
410,920
100.00%
40
0
40
Source: The Green Papers
Polling [ ]
See also: Statewide opinion polling for the 2016 United States presidential election § Arkansas
General election [ ]
Predictions [ ]
The following are final 2016 predictions from various organizations for Arkansas as of Election Day.
Source
Ranking
As of
Los Angeles Times [5]
Safe R
November 6, 2016
CNN [6]
Safe R
November 8, 2016
Rothenberg Political Report [7]
Safe R
November 7, 2016
Sabato's Crystal Ball [8]
Safe R
November 7, 2016
NBC [9]
Likely R
November 7, 2016
RealClearPolitics [10]
Safe R
November 8, 2016
Fox News [11]
Safe R
November 7, 2016
ABC [12]
Safe R
November 7, 2016
Statewide results [ ]
2016 United States presidential election in Arkansas[13]
Party
Candidate
Running mate
Votes
%
Electoral votes
Republican
Donald Trump
Mike Pence
684,872
60.57%
6
Democratic
Hillary Clinton
Tim Kaine
380,494
33.65%
0
Libertarian
Gary Johnson
William Weld
29,829
2.64%
0
Independent
Evan McMullin
Nathan Johnson
13,255
1.17%
0
Green
Jill Stein
Ajamu Baraka
9,473
0.84%
0
Prohibition Party
Jim Hedges
Bill Bayes
4,709
0.42%
0
Constitution
Darrell Castle
Scott Bradley
4,613
0.41%
0
Independent
Lynn S. Kahn
Kathleen Monahan
3,390
0.30%
0
Total
1,130,635
100.00%
6
Results by county [ ]
County
Trump#
Trump%
Clinton#
Clinton%
Johnson#
Johnson%
McMullin#
McMullin%
Stein#
Stein%
Hedges#
Hedges%
Castle#
Castle%
Kahn#
Kahn%
Total votes
Arkansas
3,926
61.59%
1,939
31.21%
126
2.03%
44
0.71%
64
1.03%
133
2.14%
40
0.64%
40
0.64%
6,312
Ashley
5,338
66.04%
2,408
29.79%
156
1.93%
58
0.69%
34
0.42%
33
0.41%
31
0.38%
27
0.33%
8,085
Baxter
14,682
74.28%
4,169
21.09%
452
2.29%
158
0.80%
140
0.71%
38
0.19%
85
0.43%
42
0.21%
19,766
Benton
60,871
62.87%
28,005
28.92%
3,871
4.00%
2,313
2.39%
949
0.98%
279
0.29%
342
0.35%
194
0.20%
96,824
Boone
12,235
75.94%
2,926
18.16%
379
2.35%
186
1.15%
134
0.83%
84
0.52%
105
0.65%
62
0.38%
16,111
Bradley
2,164
59.24%
1,317
36.05%
73
2.00%
35
0.96%
16
0.44%
21
0.57%
15
0.41%
12
0.33%
3,653
Calhoun
1,556
68.58%
639
28.16%
44
1.94%
14
0.62%
3
0.13%
3
0.13%
7
0.31%
3
0.13%
2,269
Carroll
6,786
63.08%
3,342
31.07%
238
2.21%
80
0.74%
210
1.95%
43
0.40%
32
0.30%
27
0.25%
10,758
Chicot
1,716
41.09%
2,350
56.27%
35
0.84%
27
0.65%
15
0.36%
16
0.38%
4
0.10%
13
0.31%
4,176
Clark
4,404
51.65%
3,620
42.46%
196
2.30%
141
1.65%
68
0.80%
34
0.40%
42
0.49%
21
0.25%
8,526
Clay
3,781
72.71%
1,199
23.06%
100
1.92%
20
0.38%
35
0.67%
27
0.52%
19
0.37%
19
0.37%
5,200
Cleburne
9,458
78.26%
2,101
17.39%
229
1.89%
113
0.94%
63
0.52%
44
0.36%
42
0.35%
35
0.29%
12,085
Cleveland
2,462
73.40%
723
21.56%
59
1.76%
53
1.58%
8
0.24%
32
0.95%
11
0.33%
6
0.18%
3,354
Columbia
5,456
61.39%
3,140
35.33%
117
1.32%
50
0.56%
40
0.45%
18
0.20%
46
0.52%
20
0.23%
8,887
Conway
4,849
61.17%
2,656
33.51%
171
2.16%
84
1.06%
43
0.54%
69
0.87%
30
0.38%
25
0.32%
7,927
Craighead
22,892
64.35%
10,538
29.62%
1,031
2.90%
440
1.24%
304
0.85%
139
0.39%
134
0.38%
95
0.27%
35,573
Crawford
16,686
74.33%
4,488
19.81%
581
2.59%
248
1.10%
173
0.77%
119
0.53%
80
0.36%
75
0.33%
22,450
Crittenden
6,964
43.66%
8,410
52.72%
242
1.52%
97
0.61%
96
0.60%
37
0.23%
58
0.36%
48
0.30%
15,952
Cross
4,584
66.69%
1,999
29.08%
105
1.53%
32
0.47%
24
0.35%
54
0.79%
44
0.64%
32
0.47%
6,874
Dallas
1,509
54.46%
1,165
42.04%
26
0.94%
28
1.01%
12
0.43%
13
0.47%
8
0.29%
10
0.36%
2,771
Desha
1,919
45.08%
2,228
52.34%
44
1.03%
26
0.62%
4
0.09%
12
0.28%
8
0.19%
16
0.38%
4,257
Drew
3,968
60.17%
2,365
35.86%
111
1.68%
38
0.58%
43
0.65%
28
0.42%
18
0.27%
24
0.36%
6,595
Faulkner
29,346
61.75%
14,629
30.78%
1,675
3.52%
838
1.76%
511
1.08%
176
0.37%
210
0.44%
142
0.30%
47,527
Franklin
5,039
74.43%
1,376
20.32%
177
2.61%
67
0.99%
34
0.50%
21
0.31%
29
0.43%
27
0.40%
6,770
Fulton
3,471
72.74%
1,067
22.36%
107
2.24%
27
0.57%
41
0.86%
19
0.40%
18
0.38%
22
0.46%
4,772
Garland
26,087
63.69%
12,311
30.17%
989
2.42%
399
0.98%
387
0.95%
279
0.68%
171
0.42%
182
0.45%
40,805
Grant
5,725
76.90%
1,373
18.44%
177
2.38%
51
0.69%
30
0.40%
21
0.28%
36
0.48%
32
0.43%
7,445
Greene
10,720
73.42%
3,071
21.03%
404
2.77%
138
0.95%
97
0.66%
98
0.67%
35
0.24%
37
0.25%
14,600
Hempstead
4,401
62.43%
2,377
33.72%
106
1.50%
48
0.68%
22
0.31%
37
0.52%
38
0.54%
20
0.28%
7,049
Hot Spring
8,172
68.42%
3,149
26.36%
239
2.00%
94
0.79%
112
0.94%
77
0.64%
30
0.25%
71
0.59%
11,944
Howard
3,157
67.54%
1,351
28.90%
60
1.28%
37
0.79%
22
0.47%
20
0.43%
13
0.28%
14
0.30%
4,674
Independence
9,936
72.98%
2,881
21.16%
352
2.59%
155
1.14%
85
0.62%
101
0.74%
57
0.42%
47
0.35%
13,614
Izard
4,042
74.19%
1,113
20.43%
125
2.29%
49
0.90%
45
0.83%
30
0.55%
32
0.59%
12
0.22%
5,448
Jackson
3,267
63.36%
1,583
30.70%
111
2.15%
58
1.12%
26
0.50%
31
0.60%
48
0.93%
32
0.63%
5,156
Jefferson
9,250
35.72%
15,772
60.91%
296
1.14%
138
0.53%
157
0.61%
82
0.32%
106
0.41%
93
0.36%
25,894
Johnson
6,091
66.85%
2,427
26.64%
294
3.23%
89
0.98%
90
0.99%
40
0.44%
55
0.60%
26
0.29%
9,112
Lafayette
1,758
61.47%
1,032
36.08%
26
0.91%
13
0.45%
5
0.17%
14
0.49%
5
0.17%
7
0.24%
2,860
Lawrence
4,064
71.49%
1,263
22.22%
165
2.90%
56
0.99%
39
0.69%
40
0.70%
36
0.63%
22
0.39%
5,685
Lee
1,229
40.61%
1,735
57.34%
22
0.73%
16
0.53%
6
0.20%
12
0.40%
3
0.10%
3
0.10%
3,026
Lincoln
2,455
64.17%
1,252
32.72%
48
1.25%
12
0.31%
16
0.42%
8
0.21%
22
0.58%
13
0.34%
3,826
Little River
3,605
68.97%
1,397
26.73%
85
1.63%
34
0.65%
14
0.27%
24
0.46%
42
0.80%
26
0.50%
5,227
Logan
5,746
72.54%
1,715
21.65%
195
2.46%
70
0.88%
54
0.68%
62
0.78%
46
0.58%
33
0.42%
7,921
Lonoke
19,958
73.65%
5,664
20.90%
767
2.83%
243
0.90%
172
0.63%
119
0.44%
78
0.29%
99
0.37%
27,100
Madison
4,928
72.04%
1,588
23.21%
144
2.10%
47
0.69%
54
0.79%
43
0.63%
23
0.34%
14
0.20%
6,841
Marion
5,336
75.08%
1,434
20.18%
157
2.21%
61
0.86%
56
0.79%
21
0.30%
25
0.35%
17
0.24%
7,107
Miller
11,294
70.19%
4,273
26.56%
237
1.47%
75
0.47%
69
0.43%
56
0.35%
65
0.40%
22
0.14%
16,091
Mississippi
7,061
53.48%
5,670
42.94%
181
1.37%
81
0.61%
65
0.49%
49
0.37%
41
0.31%
56
0.42%
13,204
Monroe
1,489
51.63%
1,312
45.49%
37
1.28%
12
0.42%
9
0.31%
11
0.38%
6
0.21%
8
0.28%
2,884
Montgomery
2,643
74.26%
748
21.02%
52
1.46%
28
0.79%
33
0.93%
24
0.67%
10
0.28%
21
0.59%
3,559
Nevada
2,000
61.61%
1,157
35.64%
35
1.08%
15
0.46%
6
0.18%
16
0.49%
10
0.31%
7
0.22%
3,246
Newton
2,875
76.61%
699
18.63%
49
1.31%
22
0.59%
69
1.84%
13
0.35%
15
0.40%
11
0.29%
3,753
Ouachita
5,351
53.86%
4,321
43.49%
97
0.98%
48
0.48%
24
0.24%
40
0.40%
40
0.20%
34
0.34%
9,955
Perry
3,008
69.86%
1,049
24.36%
113
2.62%
49
1.14%
38
0.88%
13
0.30%
15
0.35%
21
0.49%
4,306
Phillips
2,446
35.18%
4,310
61.99%
62
0.89%
38
0.55%
20
0.29%
31
0.45%
26
0.37%
20
0.29%
6,953
Pike
3,150
79.13%
685
17.21%
73
1.83%
24
0.60%
8
0.20%
23
0.58%
10
0.25%
8
0.20%
3,981
Poinsett
5,502
71.25%
1,880
24.35%
154
1.99%
50
0.65%
34
0.44%
50
0.65%
25
0.32%
27
0.35%
7,722
Polk
6,618
80.40%
1,212
14.72%
164
1.99%
94
1.14%
56
0.68%
36
0.44%
35
0.43%
16
0.19%
8,231
Pope
16,256
72.03%
5,000
22.15%
618
2.74%
233
1.03%
225
1.00%
94
0.42%
82
0.36%
61
0.27%
22,569
Prairie
2,505
72.74%
814
23.64%
56
1.63%
36
1.05%
10
0.29%
9
0.26%
8
0.23%
6
0.17%
3,444
Pulaski
61,257
38.34%
89,574
56.06%
4,328
2.71%
1,761
1.10%
1,553
0.97%
529
0.33%
403
0.25%
371
0.23%
159,776
Randolph
4,509
70.69%
1,425
22.34%
203
3.18%
65
1.02%
53
0.83%
38
0.60%
61
0.96%
25
0.39%
6,379
Saint Francis
3,195
43.00%
4,031
54.25%
64
0.86%
18
0.24%
18
0.24%
18
0.24%
56
0.75%
30
0.40%
7,430
Saline
35,863
68.83%
13,256
25.44%
1,466
2.81%
607
1.17%
326
0.63%
193
0.37%
186
0.36%
203
0.39%
52,100
Scott
2,731
77.81%
602
17.15%
83
2.36%
22
0.63%
25
0.71%
16
0.46%
9
0.26%
22
0.63%
3,510
Searcy
2,955
79.27%
601
16.12%
68
1.82%
30
0.80%
18
0.48%
22
0.59%
16
0.43%
18
0.48%
3,728
Sebastian
29,127
65.25%
12,300
27.56%
1,630
3.65%
569
1.27%
481
1.08%
173
0.39%
232
0.52%
125
0.28%
44,637
Sevier
3,282
71.94%
1,075
23.56%
83
1.82%
44
0.96%
20
0.44%
47
1.03%
7
0.15%
4
0.09%
4,562
Sharp
5,407
74.59%
1,472
20.31%
155
2.14%
56
0.77%
49
0.68%
52
0.72%
36
0.50%
22
0.30%
7,249
Stone
4,113
73.21%
1,203
21.41%
120
2.14%
41
0.73%
62
1.10%
35
0.62%
21
0.37%
23
0.41%
5,618
Union
10,456
61.89%
5,855
34.66%
275
1.63%
97
0.57%
70
0.41%
66
0.39%
41
0.24%
34
0.20%
16,894
Van Buren
5,382
73.33%
1,549
21.11%
182
2.48%
55
0.75%
53
0.72%
51
0.69%
46
0.63%
21
0.29%
7,339
Washington
41,476
50.67%
33,366
40.76%
3,360
4.10%
1,438
1.76%
1,316
1.61%
124
0.15%
566
0.69%
215
0.26%
81,861
White
21,077
75.28%
5,170
18.46%
695
2.48%
495
1.77%
151
0.54%
148
0.53%
178
0.64%
85
0.30%
27,999
Woodruff
1,347
52.39%
1,118
43.49%
45
1.75%
16
0.62%
12
0.47%
14
0.54%
12
0.47%
7
0.27%
2,571
Yell
4,608
71.56%
1,480
22.98%
157
2.44%
34
0.53%
47
0.73%
67
1.04%
16
0.25%
30
0.47%
6,439
By congressional district [ ]
The Republican Party won all four of the state's congressional districts.[14]
District
Trump
Clinton
Representative
1st
65.0%
30.2%
Rick Crawford
2nd
52.4%
41.7%
French Hill
3rd
61.9%
30.5%
Steve Womack
4th
64.2%
31.3%
Bruce Westerman
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican [ ]
Woodruff (largest city: Augusta )
Turnout [ ]
The voter turnout in Arkansas was 64.65% with 1,137,772 ballots cast out of 1,759,974 registered voters.[15]
See also [ ]
United States presidential elections in Arkansas
2016 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums
2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries
2016 Republican Party presidential debates and forums
2016 Republican Party presidential primaries
References [ ]
^ "Distribution of Electoral Votes" . National Archives and Records Administration . 19 September 2019. Archived from the original on November 23, 2020. Retrieved November 23, 2020 .
^ "Arkansas Election Results 2016 – The New York Times" . Retrieved November 10, 2016 .
^ James Jackson (2015-11-10). "Candidates file for Arkansas primaries - News - The Sun-Times - Heber Springs, AR - Heber Springs, AR" . The Sun-Times. Archived from the original on 2015-11-16. Retrieved 2016-01-21 .
^ "Washington County, AR : March 1, 2016 Republican Preferential Primary Sample Ballots" . Co.washington.ar.us . Archived from the original on January 29, 2016. Retrieved 2016-01-21 .
^ "Our final map has Clinton winning with 352 electoral votes. Compare your picks with ours" . Los Angeles Times . 2016-11-06. Retrieved 2016-11-13 .
^ "Road to 270: CNN's general election map - CNNPolitics.com" . Cnn.com . 2016-11-08. Retrieved 2016-11-13 .
^ "Presidential Ratings" . The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved August 16, 2021 .
^ "Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball » 2016 President" . Centerforpolitics.org . 2016-11-07. Retrieved 2016-11-13 .
^ Todd, Chuck. "NBC's Final Battleground Map Shows Clinton With a Significant Lead" . NBC News . Retrieved 2016-11-13 .
^ "2016 Election Maps - Battle for White House" . RealClearPolitics. Retrieved 2016-11-13 .
^ "Electoral Scorecard: Map shifts again in Trump's favor, as Clinton holds edge" . Fox News . 2016-11-07. Retrieved 2016-11-13 .
^ "The Final 15: The Latest Polls in the Swing States That Will Decide the Election" . Abcnews.go.com . 2016-11-07. Retrieved 2016-11-13 .
^ "2016 General ELection and Nonpartisan Runoff Election Official County Results" . Arkansas Secretary of State.
^ "Presidential Results by Congressional District, 2000-2008 – Swing State Project" .
^ "AR - Election Results" . Retrieved December 2, 2016 .
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