Who won Arkansas in the 2016 presidential election?

Trump (Republican) carried Arkansas in 2016, winning its 6 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Arkansas have in 2016?

Arkansas cast 6 electoral votes in the 2016 presidential election.

Did Arkansas vote for the national winner in 2016?

Yes. Arkansas backed Donald Trump, who won the presidency that year.

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2016

Arkansas: Trump carries 6 EV.

Arkansas cast its 6 electoral votes for Trump (Republican). National winner: Donald Trump (Republican) — Arkansas voted with the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Arkansas, 2016

In 2016, Arkansas awarded its 6 electoral votes to Trump of the Republican party. Arkansas ended up on the winning side — Donald Trump captured the White House that year.

It marked the 5th 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 2016. 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, Donald Trump took 304 of the 538 electoral votes, against Hillary Clinton's 227. Though Donald Trump won the Electoral College, Hillary Clinton drew more of the national popular vote — 48.18% to 46.09%.

The 2016 national map

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