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Election 1996 Results

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1996 presidential election in Arkansas

Bill Clinton (Democrat) beat Bob Dole (Republican) in Arkansas in 1996, 53.7% to 36.8%, a margin of 16.9 points and 149,755 votes.

Arkansas voted 8.4 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+8.5.

The Democratic hold continued from 1992, when Bill Clinton also won.

Democrats led in 66 of the 75 counties and Republicans in 9. The largest, Pulaski, cast 127,733 votes and went to the Democrat by 23.7 points. The closest was Polk, where 28 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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bill Clinton won Democratic 475,171 53.7%
Bob Dole Republican 325,416 36.8%
Ross Perot Reform 69,884 7.9%
All other candidates 13,791 1.6%
Total884,262

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Pulaski 75,084 58.8% 44,780 35.1% 7,869 127,733 D+23.7
Benton 17,205 37.6% 23,748 51.9% 4,815 45,768 R+14.3
Washington 20,419 46.4% 19,476 44.3% 4,072 43,967 D+2.1
Garland 19,211 53.1% 13,662 37.7% 3,333 36,206 D+15.3
Sebastian 15,514 43.9% 16,482 46.6% 3,350 35,346 R+2.7
Saline 14,027 48.9% 11,695 40.8% 2,963 28,685 D+8.1
Jefferson 19,701 71.2% 6,330 22.9% 1,646 27,677 D+48.3
Craighead 13,284 54.0% 9,210 37.5% 2,088 24,582 D+16.6
Faulkner 12,032 49.9% 10,178 42.2% 1,913 24,123 D+7.7
White 10,204 48.6% 8,659 41.3% 2,128 20,991 D+7.4
Pope 8,433 44.8% 8,243 43.8% 2,164 18,840 D+1.0
Lonoke 8,049 50.1% 6,414 39.9% 1,593 16,056 D+10.2
Union 8,373 52.5% 6,053 38.0% 1,514 15,940 D+14.6
Crawford 6,749 42.7% 7,182 45.4% 1,883 15,814 R+2.7
Baxter 6,703 43.2% 6,877 44.4% 1,925 15,505 R+1.1
Crittenden 8,415 59.1% 4,673 32.8% 1,148 14,236 D+26.3
Mississippi 8,301 62.2% 3,919 29.4% 1,127 13,347 D+32.8
Boone 5,745 43.3% 6,093 45.9% 1,424 13,262 R+2.6
Miller 6,469 51.7% 4,874 39.0% 1,163 12,506 D+12.8
Independence 6,240 53.7% 4,021 34.6% 1,367 11,628 D+19.1
Greene 6,622 57.6% 3,757 32.7% 1,116 11,495 D+24.9
Ouachita 6,635 62.5% 3,136 29.6% 838 10,609 D+33.0
Hot Spring 6,002 59.1% 2,864 28.2% 1,289 10,155 D+30.9
Cleburne 4,475 47.3% 3,807 40.2% 1,182 9,464 D+7.1
Columbia 4,730 52.7% 3,376 37.6% 876 8,982 D+15.1
Carroll 3,689 41.8% 3,957 44.8% 1,177 8,823 R+3.0
St. Francis 5,562 64.3% 2,523 29.2% 559 8,644 D+35.2
Phillips 5,715 66.7% 2,205 25.7% 650 8,570 D+41.0
Ashley 5,011 60.5% 2,428 29.3% 842 8,281 D+31.2
Clark 5,281 65.0% 2,112 26.0% 729 8,122 D+39.0
Logan 3,832 47.9% 2,966 37.1% 1,204 8,002 D+10.8
Hempstead 4,983 66.0% 2,021 26.8% 547 7,551 D+39.2
Poinsett 4,686 63.1% 2,034 27.4% 707 7,427 D+35.7
Conway 4,055 55.7% 2,307 31.7% 920 7,282 D+24.0
Sharp 3,573 51.3% 2,635 37.8% 762 6,970 D+13.5
Johnson 3,585 52.5% 2,367 34.6% 881 6,833 D+17.8
Van Buren 3,521 51.8% 2,345 34.5% 935 6,801 D+17.3
Arkansas 4,220 63.0% 1,910 28.5% 568 6,698 D+34.5
Polk 2,824 42.3% 2,852 42.7% 1,003 6,679 R+0.4
Yell 3,749 56.4% 2,111 31.8% 784 6,644 D+24.7
Jackson 4,304 66.2% 1,525 23.5% 671 6,500 D+42.8
Franklin 3,269 52.8% 2,246 36.3% 673 6,188 D+16.5
Cross 3,631 58.9% 2,000 32.5% 529 6,160 D+26.5
Lawrence 3,652 59.5% 1,823 29.7% 666 6,141 D+29.8
Marion 2,735 44.7% 2,312 37.7% 1,078 6,125 D+6.9
Clay 3,848 65.6% 1,512 25.8% 503 5,863 D+39.8
Drew 3,570 62.9% 1,657 29.2% 448 5,675 D+33.7
Randolph 3,213 57.0% 1,789 31.8% 631 5,633 D+25.3
Grant 2,948 53.3% 1,925 34.8% 663 5,536 D+18.5
Madison 2,504 46.8% 2,303 43.0% 548 5,355 D+3.8
Izard 2,818 55.1% 1,678 32.8% 617 5,113 D+22.3
Little River 3,183 62.3% 1,409 27.6% 520 5,112 D+34.7
Howard 2,741 59.2% 1,478 31.9% 413 4,632 D+27.3
Desha 3,230 70.9% 978 21.5% 345 4,553 D+49.5
Lee 3,267 71.8% 1,013 22.2% 273 4,553 D+49.5
Stone 2,227 50.1% 1,526 34.4% 688 4,441 D+15.8
Sevier 2,553 57.7% 1,379 31.2% 493 4,425 D+26.5
Chicot 3,090 70.3% 1,056 24.0% 252 4,398 D+46.2
Scott 2,259 52.6% 1,426 33.2% 612 4,297 D+19.4
Pike 2,362 55.4% 1,401 32.9% 500 4,263 D+22.5
Fulton 2,361 55.9% 1,351 32.0% 511 4,223 D+23.9
Newton 1,631 39.3% 1,927 46.4% 596 4,154 R+7.1
Searcy 1,669 42.1% 1,786 45.0% 514 3,969 R+2.9
Bradley 2,566 64.7% 1,146 28.9% 256 3,968 D+35.8
Lafayette 2,466 64.1% 971 25.3% 408 3,845 D+38.9
Lincoln 2,517 68.6% 907 24.7% 244 3,668 D+43.9
Nevada 2,279 62.4% 976 26.7% 395 3,650 D+35.7
Prairie 2,211 61.8% 1,025 28.7% 339 3,575 D+33.2
Perry 1,873 53.8% 1,143 32.8% 466 3,482 D+21.0
Montgomery 1,830 52.9% 1,137 32.9% 493 3,460 D+20.0
Monroe 2,247 65.0% 973 28.1% 238 3,458 D+36.8
Dallas 2,118 61.7% 1,041 30.3% 276 3,435 D+31.4
Cleveland 1,741 57.6% 990 32.7% 293 3,024 D+24.8
Woodruff 2,044 71.7% 598 21.0% 210 2,852 D+50.7
Calhoun 1,306 57.0% 727 31.7% 259 2,292 D+25.3

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

YearWinnerMargin
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