Election 1884 Results
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1884 presidential election in Arkansas
Grover Cleveland (Democrat) beat James G. Blaine (Republican) in Arkansas in 1884, 57.8% to 40.7%, a margin of 17.1 points and 21,536 votes.
Arkansas voted 16.5 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+0.6.
The Democratic hold continued from 1880, when Winfield Scott Hancock won.
Democrats led in 56 of the 74 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 18. The largest, Pulaski, cast 6,581 votes and went to the Republican by 25.7 points. The closest was Woodruff, where 11 votes separated the two parties.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grover Cleveland won | Democratic | 72,734 | 57.8% |
| James G. Blaine | Republican | 51,198 | 40.7% |
| All other candidates | 1,847 | 1.5% | |
| Total | 125,779 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulaski | 2,418 36.7% | 4,110 62.5% | 53 | 6,581 | R+25.7 |
| Jefferson | 963 22.1% | 3,394 77.9% | 4,357 | R+55.8 | |
| Sebastian | 2,338 61.1% | 1,477 38.6% | 9 | 3,824 | D+22.5 |
| Washington | 2,457 65.1% | 1,308 34.7% | 8 | 3,773 | D+30.5 |
| Hempstead | 1,748 50.2% | 1,727 49.6% | 4 | 3,479 | D+0.6 |
| Benton | 2,450 78.5% | 615 19.7% | 57 | 3,122 | D+58.8 |
| Crawford | 1,438 54.7% | 1,193 45.3% | 2,631 | D+9.3 | |
| Clark | 1,499 57.0% | 1,075 40.9% | 54 | 2,628 | D+16.1 |
| Independence | 1,917 73.6% | 686 26.4% | 2,603 | D+47.3 | |
| Franklin | 1,906 73.4% | 657 25.3% | 35 | 2,598 | D+48.1 |
| Phillips | 836 32.4% | 1,747 67.6% | 2,583 | R+35.3 | |
| Lee | 1,536 59.6% | 1,042 40.4% | 2,578 | D+19.2 | |
| Conway | 1,118 43.8% | 1,433 56.2% | 2,551 | R+12.3 | |
| Logan | 1,575 62.0% | 950 37.4% | 16 | 2,541 | D+24.6 |
| White | 2,011 79.3% | 486 19.2% | 40 | 2,537 | D+60.1 |
| Nevada | 1,021 41.1% | 914 36.8% | 549 | 2,484 | D+4.3 |
| Lonoke | 1,346 59.2% | 918 40.4% | 11 | 2,275 | D+18.8 |
| Columbia | 1,435 64.0% | 726 32.4% | 81 | 2,242 | D+31.6 |
| Yell | 1,495 68.6% | 684 31.4% | 1 | 2,180 | D+37.2 |
| Pope | 1,491 69.7% | 569 26.6% | 79 | 2,139 | D+43.1 |
| Jackson | 1,276 60.3% | 829 39.2% | 11 | 2,116 | D+21.1 |
| Drew | 1,032 48.9% | 1,079 51.1% | 1 | 2,112 | R+2.2 |
| Monroe | 975 47.0% | 1,098 53.0% | 2,073 | R+5.9 | |
| Ouachita | 890 43.3% | 1,137 55.3% | 28 | 2,055 | R+12.0 |
| Miller | 1,054 51.9% | 971 47.8% | 5 | 2,030 | D+4.1 |
| Union | 1,102 55.2% | 870 43.6% | 24 | 1,996 | D+11.6 |
| Carroll | 1,153 57.8% | 691 34.6% | 151 | 1,995 | D+23.2 |
| Faulkner | 1,231 62.4% | 737 37.4% | 4 | 1,972 | D+25.1 |
| Garland | 969 49.9% | 903 46.5% | 68 | 1,940 | D+3.4 |
| Johnson | 1,409 75.3% | 444 23.7% | 18 | 1,871 | D+51.6 |
| Madison | 979 56.3% | 761 43.7% | 1,740 | D+12.5 | |
| Woodruff | 833 50.3% | 822 49.6% | 1 | 1,656 | D+0.7 |
| St. Francis | 915 57.5% | 677 42.5% | 1,592 | D+14.9 | |
| Ashley | 723 46.8% | 823 53.2% | 1,546 | R+6.5 | |
| Boone | 1,100 72.3% | 422 27.7% | 1,522 | D+44.5 | |
| Howard | 968 68.9% | 425 30.3% | 11 | 1,404 | D+38.7 |
| Lincoln | 550 39.2% | 834 59.4% | 19 | 1,403 | R+20.2 |
| Arkansas | 655 47.6% | 720 52.4% | 1,375 | R+4.7 | |
| Randolph | 1,216 88.9% | 152 11.1% | 1,368 | D+77.8 | |
| Saline | 971 71.4% | 375 27.6% | 14 | 1,360 | D+43.8 |
| Lawrence | 1,106 82.4% | 216 16.1% | 20 | 1,342 | D+66.3 |
| Prairie | 727 54.3% | 577 43.1% | 36 | 1,340 | D+11.2 |
| Chicot | 123 9.5% | 1,171 90.5% | 1,294 | R+81.0 | |
| Mississippi | 499 42.6% | 672 57.4% | 1,171 | R+14.8 | |
| Craighead | 986 85.5% | 167 14.5% | 1,153 | D+71.0 | |
| Scott | 848 75.8% | 253 22.6% | 17 | 1,118 | D+53.2 |
| Greene | 1,007 90.5% | 106 9.5% | 1,113 | D+81.0 | |
| Hot Spring | 787 71.0% | 284 25.6% | 38 | 1,109 | D+45.4 |
| Izard | 832 76.2% | 246 22.5% | 14 | 1,092 | D+53.7 |
| Sharp | 801 78.5% | 200 19.6% | 20 | 1,021 | D+58.9 |
| Dallas | 667 65.7% | 335 33.0% | 13 | 1,015 | D+32.7 |
| Little River | 390 39.2% | 606 60.8% | 996 | R+21.7 | |
| Clay | 822 82.9% | 170 17.1% | 992 | D+65.7 | |
| Cross | 666 69.7% | 289 30.3% | 955 | D+39.5 | |
| Crittenden | 173 18.3% | 773 81.7% | 946 | R+63.4 | |
| Sevier | 761 81.4% | 156 16.7% | 18 | 935 | D+64.7 |
| Bradley | 626 68.3% | 237 25.8% | 54 | 917 | D+42.4 |
| Lafayette | 292 33.1% | 557 63.2% | 33 | 882 | R+30.0 |
| Desha | 230 26.6% | 635 73.4% | 865 | R+46.8 | |
| Fulton | 609 71.4% | 244 28.6% | 853 | D+42.8 | |
| Marion | 594 73.3% | 190 23.5% | 26 | 810 | D+49.9 |
| Searcy | 345 44.8% | 398 51.7% | 27 | 770 | R+6.9 |
| Calhoun | 439 58.1% | 302 40.0% | 14 | 755 | D+18.1 |
| Baxter | 558 75.7% | 175 23.7% | 4 | 737 | D+52.0 |
| Grant | 561 79.2% | 144 20.3% | 3 | 708 | D+58.9 |
| Pike | 434 63.6% | 219 32.1% | 29 | 682 | D+31.5 |
| Van Buren | 485 77.5% | 141 22.5% | 626 | D+55.0 | |
| Perry | 353 59.5% | 224 37.8% | 16 | 593 | D+21.8 |
| Cleburne | 527 89.3% | 57 9.7% | 6 | 590 | D+79.7 |
| Newton | 237 40.7% | 345 59.3% | 582 | R+18.6 | |
| Montgomery | 376 67.7% | 129 23.2% | 50 | 555 | D+44.5 |
| Polk | 462 88.0% | 54 10.3% | 9 | 525 | D+77.7 |
| Stone | 394 83.1% | 80 16.9% | 474 | D+66.2 | |
| Poinsett | 340 91.4% | 32 8.6% | 372 | D+82.8 |
Counties as they stood in 1884; 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 |