Arkansas

Arkansas joined the Union as the 25th state in June, 1836. The state seceded during the Civil War and did not participate in the 1864 election. The state’s electoral votes were rejected in 1872 due to irregularities. Arkansas voted Democratic over a span of 23 consecutive elections from Reconstruction until 1964. Like many southern states, this changed with opposition to civil rights legislation. In 1968, the state sided with third-party candidate George Wallace. Since then, it has gone Republican in ten of thirteen elections, voting Democratic twice for fellow Arkansan Bill Clinton and once for Jimmy Carter. In recent elections, it has become a solidly red state, with the Republican margin of victory increasing in each of the last five elections. In 2020, Donald Trump defeated Joe Biden by almost 28 points.

ELECTORAL VOTES

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2024 ELECTION

Safe Republican
2024 Arkansas Polls

Recent Presidential Elections

2020
34.8% 62.4%
2016
33.7% 60.6%
2012
36.9% 60.6%
2008
38.9% 58.7%
2004
44.6% 54.3%
2000
45.9% 51.3%
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Presidential Voting History

State voted with the overall winning candidate

1976
D
1980
R
1984
R
1988
R
1992
D
1996
D
2000
R
2004
R
2008
R
2012
R
2016
R
2020
R

Electoral College Votes

Democratic
Republican
American Independent

Colored bars represent electoral votes by party. Tap or hover to see names.

An empty column indicates the state did not participate in that election.

U.S. Senate Voting History

Class 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022
1
2
D
R
D
D
R
R
3
D
D
D
D
R
R
R

Data: MIT Election Data and Science Lab / Harvard Dataverse through 2018; 270toWin research. These are general election results for the years listed. Special elections, if any, are excluded.

There are three classes of Senators; one is up for election every second year. Each state has one Senator in two of the three classes.

U.S. House Voting History

District 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022
1
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
2
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
3
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
4
D
D
D
R
R
R
R
D
D
D
D
D
D
R
R
R
R
R
R

Data: The Princeton Gerrymandering Project through 2018; 270toWin research. These are general election results for the years listed. Special elections, if any, are excluded.

Vertical lines before 1992, 2002, 2012, and 2022 show Census-related redistricting breakpoints. Geographic borders associated with district numbers may have changed.

Governor Voting History

1982
D
1984
D
1986
D
1990
D
1994
D
1998
R
2002
R
2006
D
2010
D
2014
R
2018
R
2022
R

Data: Wikipedia through 2018; 270toWin research. These are general election results for the years listed. Special elections, if any, are excluded.