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Template:Infobox elections by state Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Arkansas, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1836, Arkansas has participated in every U.S. presidential election except the election of 1864, during the American Civil War, when the state had seceded to join the Confederacy.

Winners of the state are in bold. The shading refers to the state winner, and not the national winner.

Elections from 1864 to present

Year Winner (nationally) Votes Percent Counties
Carried 		Runner-up (nationally) Votes Percent Counties
Carried 		Other national
candidates[a] 		Votes Percent Counties
Carried 		Electoral
Votes 		Notes
2020[1] Joe Biden 423,916 34.78 8 Donald Trump 760,613 62.40 67 — 6
2016[2] Donald Trump[b] 684,872 60.57 67 Hillary Clinton 380,494 33.65 8 — 6
2012[3] Barack Obama 394,409 36.88 9 Mitt Romney 647,744 60.57 66 — 6
2008[4] Barack Obama 422,310 38.86 9 John McCain 638,017 58.72 66 — 6
2004[5] George W. Bush 572,898 54.31 54 John Kerry 469,953 44.55 21 — 6
2000[6] George W. Bush[b] 472,940 51.31 43 Al Gore 422,768 45.86 32 — 6
1996[7] Bill Clinton 475,171 53.74 66 Bob Dole 325,416 36.80 9 Ross Perot 69,884 7.9 0 6
1992 Bill Clinton 505,823 53.21 70 George H. W. Bush 337,324 35.48 5 Ross Perot 99,132 10.43 0 6
1988 George H. W. Bush 466,578 56.37 52 Michael Dukakis 349,237 42.19 23 — 6
1984 Ronald Reagan 534,774 60.47 66 Walter Mondale 338,646 38.29 9 — 6
1980 Ronald Reagan 403,164 48.13 26 Jimmy Carter 398,041 47.52 49 John B. Anderson 22,468 2.68 0 6
1976 Jimmy Carter 499,614 64.94 72 Gerald Ford 268,753 34.93 3 — 6
1972 Richard Nixon 445,751 68.82 75 George McGovern 198,899 30.71 0 — 6
1968 Richard Nixon 189,062 31.01 19 Hubert Humphrey 184,901 30.33 6 George Wallace 235,627 38.65 50 6
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson 314,197 56.06 65 Barry Goldwater 243,264 43.41 10 — 6
1960 John F. Kennedy 215,049 50.19 52 Richard Nixon 184,508 43.06 23 — 8
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower 186,287 45.82 18 Adlai Stevenson II 213,277 52.46 57 T. Coleman Andrews/
Unpledged Electors[c]		 7,008 1.72 0 8
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower 177,155 43.76 15 Adlai Stevenson II 226,300 55.90 60 — 8
1948 Harry S. Truman 149,659 61.72 70 Thomas E. Dewey 50,959 21.02 2 Strom Thurmond 40,068 16.52 3 9
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt 148,965 69.95 71 Thomas E. Dewey 63,551 29.84 4 — 9
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt 158,622 79.02 73 Wendell Willkie 42,121 20.98 2 — 9
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt 146,765 81.80 73 Alf Landon 32,039 17.86 2 — 0 9
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt 189,602 85.96 75 Herbert Hoover 28,467 12.91 0 — 9
1928 Herbert Hoover 77,751 39.33 10 Al Smith 119,196 60.29 65 — 9
1924 Calvin Coolidge 40,564 29.28 2 John W. Davis 84,795 61.21 73 Robert M. La Follette 13,173 9.51 0 9
1920 Warren G. Harding 71,117 38.73 11 James M. Cox 107,409 58.49 64 Parley P. Christensen — — 0 9
1916 Woodrow Wilson 112,211 65.97 73 Charles E. Hughes 48,879 28.73 2 — 9
1912 Woodrow Wilson 68,814 55.01 74 Theodore Roosevelt 21,644 17.30 0 William H. Taft 25,585 20.45 1 9
1908 William H. Taft 56,624 37.30 10 William Jennings Bryan 87,015 57.31 65 — 5,842 3.85 0 9
1904 Theodore Roosevelt 46,860 40.25 11 Alton B. Parker 64,434 55.35 63 — 9
1900 William McKinley 44,800 35.04 9 William Jennings Bryan 81,142 63.46 66 — 8
1896 William McKinley 37,512 25.12 2 William Jennings Bryan 110,103 73.72 73 — 8
1892 Grover Cleveland 87,834 59.30 69 Benjamin Harrison 47,072 31.78 6 James B. Weaver 11,831 7.99 0 8
1888 Benjamin Harrison[b] 59,752 38.04 17 Grover Cleveland 86,062 54.80 58 — - 0 7
1884 Grover Cleveland 72,734 57.83 57 James G. Blaine 51,198 40.70 18 — 7
1880 James A. Garfield 41,661 38.66 18 Winfield S. Hancock 60,489 56.13 56 James B. Weaver 4,079 3.78 0 6
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes[b] 38,649 39.87 13 Samuel J. Tilden 58,086 59.92 61 — 6
1872 Ulysses S. Grant 41,373 52.17 28 Horace Greeley 37,927 47.83 32 — 6 Arkansas' electoral votes were rejected due to various irregularities, including allegations of electoral fraud.
1868 Ulysses S. Grant 22,112 53.7 24 Horatio Seymour 19,078 46.3 21 — 5
1864 Abraham Lincoln n/a n/a n/a George B. McClellan n/a n/a n/a — No vote due to secession.

Election of 1860

The election of 1860 was a complex realigning election in which the breakdown of the previous two-party alignment culminated in four parties each competing for influence in different parts of the country. The result of the election, with the victory of an ardent opponent of slavery, spurred the secession of eleven states and brought about the American Civil War.

Year Winner (nationally) Votes Percent Runner-up (nationally) Votes Percent Runner-up (nationally) Votes Percent Runner-up (nationally) Votes Percent Electoral
Votes
1860 Abraham Lincoln no ballots Stephen A. Douglas 5,357 9.9 John C. Breckinridge 28,732 53.1 John Bell 20,063 37.0 4

Elections prior to 1860

Year Winner (nationally) Votes Percent Runner-up (nationally) Votes Percent Other national
candidates[a] 		Votes Percent Electoral
Votes 		Notes
1856 James Buchanan 21,910 67.12 John C. Frémont no ballots - Millard Fillmore 10,732 32.88 4
1852 Franklin Pierce 12,173 62.18 Winfield Scott 7,404 37.82 John P. Hale no ballots 4
1848 Zachary Taylor 7,587 44.93 Lewis Cass 9,301 55.07 Martin Van Buren no ballots 3
1844 James K. Polk 9,546 63.01 Henry Clay 5,604 36.99 — 3
1840 William Henry Harrison 5,160 43.58 Martin Van Buren 6,679 56.42 — 3
1836 Martin Van Buren 2,380 64.08 Hugh Lawson White 1,334 35.92 various[d] 3

Notes

  1. ^ a b For purposes of these lists, other national candidates are defined as those who won at least one electoral vote, or won at least ten percent of the vote in multiple states.
  2. ^ a b c d Won the electoral college while losing the popular vote
  3. ^ Was allied with a slate of unpledged electors in Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina
  4. ^ Three other candidates ran and received electoral votes nationally as part of the unsuccessful Whig strategy to defeat Martin Van Buren by running four candidates with local appeal in different regions of the country. The others were William Henry Harrison, Daniel Webster, and Willie Person Mangum. None of these candidates appeared on the ballot in Arkansas.

References

  1. ^ "Presidential Election Results: Biden Wins". The New York Times. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
  2. ^ 2016 official Federal Election Commission report.
  3. ^ 2012 official Federal Election Commission report.
  4. ^ 2008 official Federal Election Commission report.
  5. ^ "Federal Elections 2004: Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives" (PDF). Federal Elections Commission. May 2005.
  6. ^ "2000 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  7. ^ "1996 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.

See also

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