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.
Although Clinton once served as the First Lady of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and from 1983 to 1992 as the wife of then-Governor 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, and no Democrat has won a statewide election there since 2010. Trump won the state with 60.57% of the vote, and Hillary Clinton received 33.65% of the vote. The Republican candidate has carried Arkansas in every election starting in 2000. This is also the first election in which the state simultaneously voted for a Republican presidential candidate and a Republican Senate candidate. Arkansas was 1 of 11 states that voted twice for Bill Clinton in 1992 and 1996, which Hillary Clinton lost in 2016.
Trump's 60.57% share of the vote is the best result for the Republicans in Arkansas since Richard Nixon in 1972. He flipped Woodruff County, making him the first Republican to win it since 1972. 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, 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
Opinion polling
Results
Primary date: March 1, 2016 National delegates: 37
Republican primary
Twelve candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot:
General election Polling
Predictions The following are final 2016 predictions from various organizations for Arkansas as of Election Day. SourceRankingAs ofLos Angeles TimesNovember 6, 2016CNNNovember 8, 2016 Rothenberg Political Report November 7, 2016Sabato's Crystal BallNovember 7, 2016NBCNovember 7, 2016RealClearPoliticsNovember 8, 2016Fox NewsNovember 7, 2016ABCNovember 7, 2016
Results
2016 United States presidential election in ArkansasPartyCandidateRunning mateVotes%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 Bill Weld 29,949 2.65% 0 Independent Evan McMullin Nathan Johnson 13,176 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 L. Castle Scott N. Bradley 4,613 0.41% 0 Independent Lynn S. Kahn Kathleen Monahan 3,390 0.30% 0 Total 1,130,676 100.00% 6
By county CountyDonald TrumpRepublicanHillary ClintonDemocraticVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotal#%#%#%#%Arkansas3,82661.59%1,93931.21%4477.20%1,88730.38%6,212Ashley5,33866.04%2,40829.79%3374.17%2,93036.25%8,083Baxter14,68274.28%4,16921.09%9154.63%10,51353.19%19,766Benton60,87162.87%28,00528.92%7,9488.21%32,86633.94%96,824Boone12,23575.94%2,92618.16%9505.90%9,30957.78%16,111Bradley2,16459.24%1,31736.05%1724.71%84723.19%3,653Calhoun1,55668.58%63928.16%743.26%91740.41%2,269Carroll6,78663.08%3,34231.07%6305.86%3,44432.01%10,758Chicot1,71641.09%2,35056.27%1102.63%-634-15.18%4,176Clark4,40451.65%3,62042.46%5025.89%7849.20%8,526Clay3,78172.71%1,19923.06%2204.23%2,58249.65%5,200Cleburne9,45878.26%2,10117.39%5264.35%7,35760.88%12,085Cleveland2,46273.40%72321.56%1695.04%1,73951.85%3,354Columbia5,45661.39%3,14035.33%2913.27%2,31626.06%8,887Conway4,84961.17%2,65633.51%4225.32%2,19327.66%7,927Craighead22,89264.35%10,53829.62%2,1436.02%12,35434.73%35,573Crawford16,68674.33%4,48819.99%1,2765.68%12,19854.33%22,450Crittenden6,96443.66%8,41052.72%5783.62%-1,446-9.06%15,952Cross4,58466.69%1,99929.08%2914.23%2,58537.61%6,874Dallas1,50954.46%1,16542.04%973.50%34412.41%2,771Desha1,91945.08%2,22852.34%1102.58%-309-7.26%4,257Drew3,96860.17%2,36535.86%2623.97%1,60324.31%6,595Faulkner29,34661.75%14,62930.78%3,5527.47%14,71730.97%47,527Franklin5,03974.43%1,37620.32%3555.24%3,66354.11%6,770Fulton3,47172.74%1,06722.36%2344.90%2,40450.38%4,772Garland26,08763.93%12,31130.17%2,4075.90%13,77633.76%40,805Grant5,72576.90%1,37318.44%3474.66%4,35258.46%7,445Greene10,72073.42%3,07121.03%8095.54%7,64952.39%14,600Hempstead4,40162.43%2,37733.72%2713.84%2,02428.71%7,049Hot Spring8,17268.42%3,14926.36%6235.22%5,02342.05%11,944Howard3,15767.54%1,35128.90%1663.55%1,80638.64%4,674Independence9,93672.98%2,88121.16%7975.85%7,05551.82%13,614Izard4,04274.19%1,11320.43%2935.38%2,92953.76%5,448Jackson3,26763.36%1,58330.70%3065.93%1,68432.66%5,156Jefferson9,25035.72%15,77260.91%8723.37%-6,522-25.19%25,894Johnson6,09166.85%2,42726.64%5946.52%3,66440.21%9,112Lafayette1,75861.47%1,03236.08%702.45%72625.38%2,860Lawrence4,06471.49%1,26322.22%3586.30%2,80149.27%5,685Lee1,22940.61%1,73557.34%622.05%-506-16.72%3,026Lincoln2,45564.17%1,25232.72%1193.11%1,20331.44%3,826Little River3,60568.97%1,39726.73%2254.30%2,20842.24%5,227Logan5,74672.54%1,71521.65%4605.81%4,03150.89%7,921Lonoke19,95873.65%5,66420.90%1,4785.45%14,29452.75%27,100Madison4,92872.04%1,58823.21%3254.75%3,34048.82%6,841Marion5,33675.08%1,43420.18%3374.74%3,90254.90%7,107Miller11,29470.19%4,27326.56%5243.26%7,02143.63%16,091Mississippi7,06153.48%5,67042.94%4733.58%1,39110.53%13,204Monroe1,48951.63%1,31245.49%832.88%1776.14%2,884Montgomery2,64374.26%74821.02%1684.72%1,89553.25%3,559Nevada2,00061.61%1,15735.64%892.74%84325.97%3,246Newton2,87576.61%69918.63%1794.77%2,17657.98%3,753Ouachita5,35153.86%4,32143.49%2632.65%1,03010.37%9,935Perry3,00869.86%1,04924.36%2495.78%1,95945.49%4,306Phillips2,44635.18%4,31061.99%1972.83%-1,864-26.81%6,953Pike3,15079.13%68517.21%1463.67%2,46561.92%3,981Poinsett5,50271.25%1,88024.35%3404.40%3,62246.90%7,722Polk6,61880.40%1,21214.72%4014.87%5,40665.68%8,231Pope16,25672.03%5,00022.15%1,3135.82%11,25649.87%22,569Prairie2,50572.74%81423.64%1253.63%1,69149.10%3,444Pulaski61,25738.34%89,57456.06%8,9455.60%-28,317-17.72%159,776Randolph4,50970.69%1,42522.34%4456.98%3,08448.35%6,379Saline35,86368.83%13,25625.44%2,9815.72%22,60743.39%52,100Scott2,73177.81%60217.15%1775.04%2,12960.66%3,510Searcy2,95579.27%60116.12%1724.61%2,35463.14%3,728Sebastian29,12765.25%12,30027.56%3,2107.19%16,82737.70%44,637Sevier3,28271.94%1,07523.56%2054.49%2,20748.38%4,562Sharp5,40774.59%1,47220.31%3705.10%3,93554.28%7,249St. Francis3,19543.00%4,03154.25%2042.75%-836-11.25%7,430Stone4,11373.21%1,20321.41%3025.38%2,91051.80%5,618Union10,45661.89%5,85534.66%5833.45%4,60127.23%16,894Van Buren5,38273.33%1,54921.11%4085.56%3,83352.23%7,339Washington41,47650.67%33,36640.76%7,0198.57%8,1109.91%81,861White21,07775.28%5,17018.46%1,7526.26%15,90756.81%27,999Woodruff1,34752.39%1,11843.49%1064.12%2298.91%2,571Yell4,60871.56%1,48022.98%3515.45%3,12848.58%6,439Totals684,87260.57%380,49433.65%65,3105.78%304,37826.92%1,130,676
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Woodruff (largest city: Augusta)
By congressional district Trump won all four of the state's congressional districts. District Trump Clinton Representative 65% 30%Rick Crawford 52% 42%French Hill 62% 30%Steve Womack 64% 31%Bruce Westerman
Turnout The voter turnout in Arkansas was 64.65% with 1,137,772 ballots cast out of 1,759,974 registered voters.
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
External links RNC 2016 Republican Nominating Process Green papers for 2016 primaries, caucuses, and conventions Decision Desk Headquarter Results for Arkansas