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Arkansas
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Swing timeline · Arkansas
One column per cycle. Height is the state’s electoral votes, colour is the party that carried it, and a diamond marks a flip. 9 flips across 47 cycles.
Electoral votes over time
By party · all cycles
Dem 32
Rep 13
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Popular vote · newest first
Swing is how far the gap between the Democratic and Republican shares moved since the state’s previous election with sourced votes: “R +1.6” means 1.6 points toward the Republican.
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| Year | Carried by | Dem | Rep | Others named | Margin | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Rep Trump | Harris 396,905 33.6% | Trump 759,241 64.2% | Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 13,255 · 1.1% | 362,336 30.6 pts | R +3.0 since 2020 |
| 20201 | Rep Trump | Biden 423,932 34.8% | Trump 760,647 62.4% | Jo Jorgensen 13,133 · 1.1% | 336,715 27.6 pts | R +0.7 since 2016 |
| 2016 | Rep Trump | Clinton 380,494 33.7% | Trump 684,872 60.6% | Gary Johnson 29,829 · 2.6% Evan McMullin 13,255 · 1.2% | 304,378 26.9 pts | R +3.2 since 2012 |
| 2012 | Rep Romney | Obama 394,409 36.9% | Romney 647,744 60.6% | Gary Johnson 16,276 · 1.5% | 253,335 23.7 pts | R +3.8 since 2008 |
| 2008 | Rep McCain | Obama 422,310 38.9% | McCain 638,017 58.7% | Ralph Nader 12,882 · 1.2% | 215,707 19.9 pts | R +10.1 since 2004 |
| 2004 | Rep Bush | Kerry 469,953 44.5% | Bush 572,898 54.3% | None | 102,945 9.8 pts | R +4.3 since 2000 |
| 2000 | Rep Bush | Gore 422,768 45.9% | Bush 472,940 51.3% | Ralph Nader 13,421 · 1.5% | 50,172 5.4 pts | R +22.4 since 1996 |
| 1996 | Dem Clinton | Clinton 475,171 53.7% | Dole 325,416 36.8% | Ross Perot 69,884 · 7.9% | 149,755 16.9 pts | R +0.8 since 1992 |
| 1992 | Dem Clinton | Clinton 505,823 53.2% | Bush 337,324 35.5% | Ross Perot 99,132 · 10.4% | 168,499 17.7 pts | D +31.9 since 1988 |
| 1988 | Rep Bush | Dukakis 349,237 42.2% | Bush 466,578 56.4% | None | 117,341 14.2 pts | D +8.0 since 1984 |
| 1984 | Rep Reagan | Mondale 338,646 38.3% | Reagan 534,774 60.5% | None | 196,128 22.2 pts | R +21.6 since 1980 |
| 1980 | Rep Reagan | Carter 398,041 47.5% | Reagan 403,164 48.1% | John B. Anderson 22,468 · 2.7% Ed Clark 8,970 · 1.1% | 5,123 0.6 pts | R +30.7 since 1976 |
| 1976 | Dem Carter | Carter 498,604 65.0% | Ford 267,903 34.9% | None | 230,701 30.1 pts | D +68.2 since 1972 |
| 1972 | Rep Nixon | McGovern 198,899 30.7% | Nixon 445,751 68.8% | None | 246,852 38.1 pts | R +37.4 since 1968 |
| 1968 | AI Wallace | Humphrey 184,901 30.3% | Nixon 189,062 31.0% | George Wallace 235,627 · 38.7% | 46,565 7.6 pts | R +13.3 since 1964 |
| 1964 | Dem Johnson | Johnson 314,197 56.1% | Goldwater 243,264 43.4% | None | 70,933 12.7 pts | D +5.5 since 1960 |
| 1960 | Dem Kennedy | Kennedy 215,049 50.2% | Nixon 184,508 43.1% | Orval Faubus 28,952 · 6.8% | 30,541 7.1 pts | D +0.5 since 1956 |
| 1956 | Dem Stevenson | Stevenson 213,277 52.5% | Eisenhower 186,287 45.8% | None | 26,990 6.6 pts | R +5.5 since 1952 |
| 19522 | Dem Stevenson | Stevenson 226,3002 55.9% | Eisenhower 177,1552 43.8% | None | 49,145 12.1 pts | R +28.6 since 1948 |
| 1948 | Dem Truman | Truman 149,659 61.7% | Dewey 50,959 21.0% | Strom Thurmond 40,068 · 16.5% | 98,700 40.7 pts | D +0.6 since 1944 |
| 1944 | Dem Roosevelt | Roosevelt 148,965 70.0% | Dewey 63,551 29.8% | None | 85,414 40.1 pts | R +17.9 since 1940 |
| 1940 | Dem Roosevelt | Roosevelt 158,622 79.0% | Willkie 42,121 21.0% | None | 116,501 58.0 pts | R +5.9 since 1936 |
| 1936 | Dem Roosevelt | Roosevelt 146,765 81.8% | Landon 32,039 17.9% | None | 114,726 63.9 pts | R +9.1 since 1932 |
| 1932 | Dem Roosevelt | Roosevelt 189,602 86.0% | Hoover 28,467 12.9% | None | 161,135 73.1 pts | D +52.1 since 1928 |
| 1928 | Dem Smith | Smith 119,196 60.3% | Hoover 77,751 39.3% | None | 41,445 21.0 pts | R +11.0 since 1924 |
| 1924 | Dem Davis | Davis 84,795 61.2% | Coolidge 40,564 29.3% | Robert M. La Follette 13,173 · 9.5% | 44,231 31.9 pts | D +12.2 since 1920 |
| 19203 | Dem Cox | Cox 107,4093 58.5% | Harding 71,1173 38.7% | Eugene V. Debs 5,111 · 2.8%3 | 36,292 19.8 pts | R +18.9 since 1916 |
| 1916 | Dem Wilson | Wilson 112,282 66.7% | Hughes 47,135 28.0% | Allan L. Benson 6,998 · 4.2% J. Frank Hanly 2,015 · 1.2% | 65,147 38.7 pts | D +2.7 since 1912 |
| 1912 | Dem Wilson | Wilson 68,838 55.6% | Taft 24,297 19.6% | Theodore Roosevelt 21,673 · 17.5% Eugene V. Debs 8,153 · 6.6% | 44,541 36.0 pts | D +16.1 since 1908 |
| 1908 | Dem Bryan | Bryan 87,015 57.2% | Taft 56,760 37.3% | Eugene V. Debs 5,842 · 3.8% | 30,255 19.9 pts | D +4.8 since 1904 |
| 1904 | Dem Parker | Parker 64,434 55.4% | Roosevelt 46,860 40.3% | Thomas E. Watson 2,318 · 2.0% Eugene V. Debs 1,816 · 1.6% | 17,574 15.1 pts | R +13.3 since 1900 |
| 1900 | Dem Bryan | Bryan 81,142 63.5% | McKinley 44,800 35.0% | None | 36,342 28.4 pts | R +20.2 since 1896 |
| 18964 | Dem Bryan | Bryan 110,1034 73.7% | McKinley 37,5124 25.1% | None | 72,591 48.6 pts | D +20.7 since 1892 |
| 18925 | Dem Cleveland | Cleveland 87,8345 59.9% | Harrison 46,8845 32.0% | James B. Weaver 11,831 · 8.1%5 | 40,950 27.9 pts | D +10.5 since 1888 |
| 1888 | Dem Cleveland | Cleveland 85,962 55.1% | Harrison 58,752 37.7% | Alson J. Streeter 10,613 · 6.8% | 27,210 17.4 pts | R +0.09 since 1884 |
| 18846 | Dem Cleveland | Cleveland 72,9276 58.0% | Blaine 50,8956 40.5% | Benjamin F. Butler 1,847 · 1.5%6 | 22,032 17.5 pts | R +0.2 since 1880 |
| 18807 | Dem Hancock | Hancock 60,4897 56.9% | Garfield 41,6617 39.2% | James B. Weaver 4,079 · 3.8%7 | 18,828 17.7 pts | R +2.3 since 1876 |
| 18768 | Dem Tilden | Tilden 58,0718 59.9% | Hayes 38,6698 39.9% | None | 19,402 20.0 pts | D +23.8 since 1872 |
| 18729,10 | Rep Grant | Greeley 37,624 48.1% | Grant 40,569 51.9% | None | 2,945 3.8 pts | D +3.7 since 1868 |
| 186811 | Rep Grant | Seymour 19,07811 46.3% | Grant 22,15211 53.7% | None | 3,074 7.5 pts | First sourced year |
| 186012 | S-Dem Breckinridge | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 185613 | Dem Buchanan | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 185214 | Dem Pierce | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 184815 | Dem Cass | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 184416 | Dem Polk | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 184017 | Dem Van Buren | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 183618 | Dem Van Buren | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
Shares are of the state’s total vote for president. Margin is the leader’s lead over the second-placed candidate. “Others named” lists every other candidate the figures give a line of their own.
Notes on the figures
- 2020 'Other candidates' includes 2,108 blank, void, over- or under-vote or 'none of these candidates' ballots, which the source reports as lines of their own.
- 1952 The official table notes: Others: Christian Nationalist Party votes (footnote 3).
- 1920 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1896 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1892 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1884 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1880 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1876 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1872 Horace Greeley was the Liberal Republican nominee and was also endorsed by the Democratic Party; he is listed under the Democratic column, where the county file records his votes.
- 1872 Arkansas's 1872 return was disputed, and Congress counted none of Arkansas's electoral votes. The World Almanac 1873, p. 75, prints the return of Arkansas's Secretary of State: Greeley 37,927, Grant 41,073. It is not published here, as with Louisiana; the record keeps the county-file sums.
- 1868 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1860 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1856 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1852 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1848 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1844 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1840 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1836 State popular vote not yet sourced.
SourcesMIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. President 1976–2024 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1972 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1968 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1964 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1960 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1956 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1952 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1948 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1944 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1940 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1936 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1932 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1928 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1924 ; Statistics of the Congressional and Presidential Election of November 2, 1920 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1917 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1914 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1910 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1905 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1901 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1897 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1894 ; The World Almanac 1891 ; The World Almanac 1886 ; The Tribune Almanac and Political Register for 1878 ; Algara & Amlani, U.S. county presidential returns 1868-2020 ; The World Almanac for 1873 . How these figures were compiled
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Second Party System
1836
Van Buren
National: Martin Van Buren · Dem
Second Party System1840
Van Buren
National: William Henry Harrison · Whig
Second Party System1844
Polk
National: James K. Polk · Dem
Second Party System1848
Cass
National: Zachary Taylor · Whig
Second Party System1852
Pierce
National: Franklin Pierce · Dem
Antebellum Crisis1856
Buchanan
National: James Buchanan · Dem
Civil War1860
Breckinridge
National: Abraham Lincoln · Rep
Reconstruction1868
Grant
National: Ulysses S. Grant · Rep
Reconstruction1872
Grant
National: Ulysses S. Grant · Rep
Gilded Age1876
Tilden
National: Rutherford B. Hayes · Rep
Gilded Age1880
Hancock
National: James A. Garfield · Rep
Gilded Age1884
Cleveland
National: Grover Cleveland · Dem
Gilded Age1888
Cleveland
National: Benjamin Harrison · Rep
Gilded Age1892
Cleveland
National: Grover Cleveland · Dem
Progressive Era1896
Bryan
National: William McKinley · Rep
Progressive Era1900
Bryan
National: William McKinley · Rep
Progressive Era1904
Parker
National: Theodore Roosevelt · Rep
Progressive Era1908
Bryan
National: William Howard Taft · Rep
Progressive Era1912
Wilson
National: Woodrow Wilson · Dem
Progressive Era1916
Wilson
National: Woodrow Wilson · Dem
Roaring Twenties1920
Cox
National: Warren G. Harding · Rep
Roaring Twenties1924
Davis
National: Calvin Coolidge · Rep
Roaring Twenties1928
Smith
National: Herbert Hoover · Rep
New Deal Coalition1932
Roosevelt
National: Franklin D. Roosevelt · Dem
New Deal Coalition1936
Roosevelt
National: Franklin D. Roosevelt · Dem
New Deal Coalition1940
Roosevelt
National: Franklin D. Roosevelt · Dem
New Deal Coalition1944
Roosevelt
National: Franklin D. Roosevelt · Dem
New Deal Coalition1948
Truman
National: Harry S. Truman · Dem
New Deal Coalition1952
Stevenson
National: Dwight D. Eisenhower · Rep
New Deal Coalition1956
Stevenson
National: Dwight D. Eisenhower · Rep
New Deal Coalition1960
Kennedy
National: John F. Kennedy · Dem
New Deal Coalition1964
Johnson
National: Lyndon B. Johnson · Dem
Cold War Realignment1968
Wallace
National: Richard Nixon · Rep
Cold War Realignment1972
Nixon
National: Richard Nixon · Rep
Cold War Realignment1976
Carter
National: Jimmy Carter · Dem
Cold War Realignment1980
Reagan
National: Ronald Reagan · Rep
Cold War Realignment1984
Reagan
National: Ronald Reagan · Rep
Cold War Realignment1988
Bush
National: George H. W. Bush · Rep
Modern Polarization1992
Clinton
National: Bill Clinton · Dem
Modern Polarization1996
Clinton
National: Bill Clinton · Dem
Modern Polarization2000
Bush
National: George W. Bush · Rep
Modern Polarization2004
Bush
National: George W. Bush · Rep
Modern Polarization2008
McCain
National: Barack Obama · Dem
Modern Polarization2012
Romney
National: Barack Obama · Dem
Modern Polarization2016
Trump
National: Donald Trump · Rep
Modern Polarization2020
Trump
National: Joe Biden · Dem
Modern Polarization2024
Trump
National: Donald Trump · Rep
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