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Election 1868 Results

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1868 presidential election in Arkansas

Ulysses S. Grant (Republican) beat Horatio Seymour (Democrat) in Arkansas in 1868, 53.7% to 46.3%, a margin of 7.4 points and 3,034 votes.

Arkansas voted 2.0 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+5.3.

Republicans led in 24 of the 45 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 21. The largest, Pulaski, cast 4,351 votes and went to the Republican by 52.8 points. The closest was Franklin, where 4 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Ulysses S. Grant won	Republican	22,112	53.7%
Horatio Seymour	Democratic	19,078	46.3%
Total		41,190

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Total	Margin
Pulaski	1,026 23.6%	3,325 76.4%	4,351	R+52.8
Phillips	710 21.0%	2,676 79.0%	3,386	R+58.1
Jefferson	517 18.6%	2,258 81.4%	2,775	R+62.7
Hempstead	654 36.1%	1,156 63.9%	1,810	R+27.7
Union	1,396 91.8%	124 8.2%	1,520	D+83.7
Drew	1,292 97.5%	33 2.5%	1,325	D+95.0
Ouachita	756 57.4%	561 42.6%	1,317	D+14.8
Independence	677 54.5%	566 45.5%	1,243	D+8.9
Clark	623 51.1%	597 48.9%	1,220	D+2.1
Arkansas	555 45.6%	663 54.4%	1,218	R+8.9
Sebastian	431 39.5%	660 60.5%	1,091	R+21.0
Chicot	148 13.9%	920 86.1%	1,068	R+72.3
Prairie	756 73.3%	275 26.7%	1,031	D+46.7
Monroe	455 45.6%	543 54.4%	998	R+8.8
Jackson	777 83.1%	158 16.9%	935	D+66.2
Pope	467 50.8%	452 49.2%	919	D+1.6
Crawford	391 44.6%	486 55.4%	877	R+10.8
Carroll	535 63.8%	304 36.2%	839	D+27.5
Yell	352 42.5%	477 57.5%	829	R+15.1
Dallas	581 70.4%	244 29.6%	825	D+40.8
St. Francis	440 53.3%	385 46.7%	825	D+6.7
Conway	309 41.6%	434 58.4%	743	R+16.8
Desha	337 45.5%	404 54.5%	741	R+9.0
Washington	95 12.9%	641 87.1%	736	R+74.2
Saline	663 91.2%	64 8.8%	727	D+82.4
Franklin	343 49.7%	347 50.3%	690	R+0.6
Izard	487 78.2%	136 21.8%	623	D+56.3
Crittenden	310 57.5%	229 42.5%	539	D+15.0
Cross	373 70.2%	158 29.8%	531	D+40.5
Calhoun	466 93.4%	33 6.6%	499	D+86.8
Madison	70 14.4%	415 85.6%	485	R+71.1
Scott	158 32.6%	326 67.4%	484	R+34.7
Searcy	83 17.8%	384 82.2%	467	R+64.5
Pike	135 30.6%	306 69.4%	441	R+38.8
Johnson	136 31.6%	294 68.4%	430	R+36.7
Van Buren	331 84.7%	60 15.3%	391	D+69.3
Polk	251 76.5%	77 23.5%	328	D+53.0
Newton	78 25.9%	223 74.1%	301	R+48.2
Montgomery	48 16.6%	242 83.4%	290	R+66.9
Little River	267 92.4%	22 7.6%	289	D+84.8
White	270 100.0%	0 0.0%	270	D+100.0
Perry	110 46.0%	129 54.0%	239	R+7.9
Benton	22 11.2%	174 88.8%	196	R+77.6
Poinsett	143 75.7%	46 24.3%	189	D+51.3
Marion	54 34.0%	105 66.0%	159	R+32.1

Counties as they stood in 1868; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Arkansas in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+30.6
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+27.6
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+26.9
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+23.7
2008	John McCain (R)	R+19.9
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+9.8
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+5.4
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+16.9
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+17.7
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+14.2
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+22.2
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+0.6
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+30.1
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+38.1
1968	George Wallace (other)
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+12.7
1960	John F. Kennedy (D)	D+7.1
1956	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+6.6
1952	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+12.1
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+40.7
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+40.1
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+58.0
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+63.9
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+73.1
1928	Al Smith (D)	D+20.9
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+31.9
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+19.8
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+37.2
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+34.6
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+20.0
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+15.2
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+28.5
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+48.6
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+27.5
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+16.8
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+17.1
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+17.1
1876	Samuel J. Tilden (D)	D+20.0
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+4.3
1868	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+7.4

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