Who won Arkansas in the 1992 presidential election?

Clinton (Democratic) carried Arkansas in 1992, winning its 6 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Arkansas have in 1992?

Arkansas cast 6 electoral votes in the 1992 presidential election.

Did Arkansas vote for the national winner in 1992?

Yes. Arkansas backed Bill Clinton, who won the presidency that year.

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Arkansas: Clinton carries 6 EV.

Arkansas cast its 6 electoral votes for Clinton (Democratic). National winner: Bill Clinton (Democratic) — Arkansas voted with the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Arkansas, 1992

In 1992, Arkansas awarded its 6 electoral votes to Clinton of the Democratic party. Arkansas ended up on the winning side — Bill Clinton captured the White House that year.

Clinton's win closed out Arkansas's 3-election run of voting Republican. The region divided — Missouri, Tennessee, and Louisiana joined Arkansas for the Democratic ticket, while Mississippi, Texas, and Oklahoma did not. Across the 47 presidential elections Arkansas has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (32 times). The vote fell within the Modern Polarization — Close elections in a divided country.

In the national count, Bill Clinton took 370 of the 538 electoral votes, against George H. W. Bush's 168. Bill Clinton led the national popular vote with 43.01% of the ballots cast.

The 1992 national map

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