Who won Arkansas in the 1996 presidential election?

Clinton (Democratic) carried Arkansas in 1996, winning its 6 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Arkansas have in 1996?

Arkansas cast 6 electoral votes in the 1996 presidential election.

Did Arkansas vote for the national winner in 1996?

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

Modern PolarizationAR · 6 EV

1996

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.

Reading the 1996 result in Arkansas

Arkansas backed Clinton (Democratic) in the 1996 presidential election, casting 6 electoral votes for the ticket. Arkansas ended up on the winning side — Bill Clinton captured the White House that year.

It marked the 2nd consecutive election in which Arkansas backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1992. 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 379 of the 538 electoral votes, against Bob Dole's 159. Bill Clinton led the national popular vote with 49.23% of the ballots cast.

The 1996 national map

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