Who won Arkansas in the 2012 presidential election?

Romney (Republican) carried Arkansas in 2012, winning its 6 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Arkansas have in 2012?

Arkansas cast 6 electoral votes in the 2012 presidential election.

Did Arkansas vote for the national winner in 2012?

No. Arkansas backed Romney, while Barack Obama won the presidency nationally.

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2012

Arkansas: Romney carries 6 EV.

Arkansas cast its 6 electoral votes for Romney (Republican). National winner: Barack Obama (Democratic) — Arkansas voted against the national winner this cycle.

Arkansas in 2012

The 2012 contest saw Arkansas line up behind Romney, delivering 6 electoral votes to the Republican ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — Barack Obama (Democratic) won the presidency, leaving Arkansas among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 4th consecutive election in which Arkansas backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 2000. Arkansas did not move alone — neighboring Missouri, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, and Oklahoma broke the same way in 2012. 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, Barack Obama took 332 of the 538 electoral votes, against Mitt Romney's 206. Barack Obama led the national popular vote with 51.06% of the ballots cast.

The 2012 national map

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