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Election 2012 Results

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2012 presidential election in Arkansas

Mitt Romney (Republican) beat Barack Obama (Democrat) in Arkansas in 2012, 60.6% to 36.9%, a margin of 23.7 points and 253,335 votes.

Arkansas voted 27.5 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+3.9.

The Republican hold continued from 2008, when John McCain won.

Republicans led in 66 of the 75 counties and Democrats in 9. The largest, Pulaski, cast 159,381 votes and went to the Democrat by 11.5 points. The closest was Monroe, where 2 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
Mitt Romney won Republican 647,744 60.6%
Barack Obama Democratic 394,409 36.9%
All other candidates 27,315 2.6%
Total1,069,468

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Pulaski 87,248 54.7% 68,984 43.3% 3,149 159,381 D+11.5
Benton 22,636 28.6% 54,646 68.9% 1,975 79,257 R+40.4
Washington 28,236 40.1% 39,688 56.3% 2,536 70,460 R+16.3
Saline 12,869 27.3% 32,963 70.0% 1,230 47,062 R+42.7
Sebastian 13,092 30.2% 29,169 67.3% 1,101 43,362 R+37.1
Faulkner 13,621 32.9% 26,722 64.5% 1,117 41,460 R+31.6
Garland 13,804 33.9% 26,014 63.9% 910 40,728 R+30.0
Craighead 10,527 33.2% 20,350 64.2% 823 31,700 R+31.0
Jefferson 17,470 63.8% 9,520 34.8% 393 27,383 D+29.0
White 5,765 21.7% 20,011 75.5% 738 26,514 R+53.7
Lonoke 5,625 23.3% 17,880 74.1% 609 24,114 R+50.8
Crawford 4,881 23.7% 15,145 73.6% 565 20,591 R+49.8
Pope 5,126 25.1% 14,763 72.2% 550 20,439 R+47.2
Baxter 5,172 26.7% 13,688 70.8% 479 19,339 R+44.0
Union 6,196 36.1% 10,699 62.3% 282 17,177 R+26.2
Crittenden 9,487 56.8% 6,998 41.9% 231 16,716 D+14.9
Boone 3,772 24.5% 11,159 72.5% 460 15,391 R+48.0
Miller 4,518 29.5% 10,622 69.3% 189 15,329 R+39.8
Greene 4,000 29.1% 9,071 65.9% 690 13,761 R+36.9
Mississippi 6,467 48.4% 6,603 49.4% 305 13,375 R+1.0
Independence 3,281 26.5% 8,728 70.4% 388 12,397 R+43.9
Cleburne 2,620 22.5% 8,693 74.6% 334 11,647 R+52.1
Hot Spring 3,830 34.0% 7,097 63.0% 333 11,260 R+29.0
Ouachita 4,633 44.9% 5,521 53.5% 161 10,315 R+8.6
Carroll 3,696 36.3% 6,125 60.1% 362 10,183 R+23.9
Columbia 3,557 37.6% 5,790 61.2% 108 9,455 R+23.6
Clark 3,811 45.3% 4,343 51.6% 255 8,409 R+6.3
St. Francis 4,910 58.7% 3,368 40.3% 84 8,362 D+18.4
Johnson 2,799 34.6% 5,064 62.5% 235 8,098 R+28.0
Phillips 5,202 65.6% 2,598 32.8% 130 7,930 D+32.8
Ashley 2,859 36.1% 4,867 61.4% 195 7,921 R+25.4
Conway 3,005 38.9% 4,514 58.4% 211 7,730 R+19.5
Polk 1,556 20.1% 5,955 77.1% 215 7,726 R+56.9
Poinsett 2,390 31.6% 4,974 65.8% 196 7,560 R+34.2
Logan 2,009 27.4% 5,079 69.3% 243 7,331 R+41.9
Sharp 2,092 28.7% 4,921 67.6% 270 7,283 R+38.8
Marion 2,037 28.9% 4,774 67.7% 240 7,051 R+38.8
Hempstead 2,468 35.7% 4,284 61.9% 169 6,921 R+26.2
Cross 2,279 34.1% 4,269 63.9% 133 6,681 R+29.8
Drew 2,630 39.7% 3,887 58.6% 116 6,633 R+19.0
Madison 2,099 32.0% 4,263 64.9% 206 6,568 R+32.9
Franklin 1,726 26.4% 4,631 70.8% 183 6,540 R+44.4
Arkansas 2,455 37.8% 3,897 60.0% 142 6,494 R+22.2
Grant 1,468 22.7% 4,829 74.5% 182 6,479 R+51.9
Van Buren 1,832 28.5% 4,365 67.9% 233 6,430 R+39.4
Yell 1,722 28.8% 4,042 67.7% 210 5,974 R+38.8
Randolph 2,046 34.4% 3,701 62.1% 209 5,956 R+27.8
Lawrence 1,788 32.3% 3,536 63.8% 216 5,540 R+31.6
Stone 1,356 25.3% 3,776 70.5% 222 5,354 R+45.2
Jackson 2,095 39.2% 3,072 57.5% 180 5,347 R+18.3
Izard 1,524 28.9% 3,575 67.7% 179 5,278 R+38.9
Clay 1,738 34.0% 3,225 63.1% 147 5,110 R+29.1
Little River 1,552 30.7% 3,385 67.0% 114 5,051 R+36.3
Fulton 1,452 32.1% 2,949 65.2% 121 4,522 R+33.1
Howard 1,471 33.0% 2,892 64.8% 99 4,462 R+31.8
Desha 2,443 55.3% 1,896 42.9% 81 4,420 D+12.4
Chicot 2,649 60.7% 1,670 38.3% 42 4,361 D+22.4
Sevier 1,042 24.1% 3,136 72.4% 152 4,330 R+48.4
Perry 1,187 30.1% 2,581 65.5% 170 3,938 R+35.4
Pike 851 22.5% 2,847 75.2% 90 3,788 R+52.7
Lincoln 1,425 38.2% 2,199 59.0% 102 3,726 R+20.8
Searcy 814 22.0% 2,699 73.1% 181 3,694 R+51.0
Newton 993 27.1% 2,508 68.5% 160 3,661 R+41.4
Bradley 1,449 39.7% 2,134 58.4% 69 3,652 R+18.8
Scott 897 24.6% 2,631 72.3% 112 3,640 R+47.6
Lee 2,107 61.5% 1,280 37.4% 37 3,424 D+24.2
Montgomery 920 27.0% 2,369 69.6% 115 3,404 R+42.6
Nevada 1,314 38.8% 1,996 59.0% 74 3,384 R+20.2
Cleveland 845 25.9% 2,313 70.8% 108 3,266 R+44.9
Monroe 1,583 49.0% 1,585 49.1% 62 3,230 R+0.1
Prairie 880 28.0% 2,153 68.5% 108 3,141 R+40.5
Dallas 1,337 43.4% 1,665 54.0% 82 3,084 R+10.6
Lafayette 1,173 40.0% 1,713 58.5% 43 2,929 R+18.4
Woodruff 1,340 49.9% 1,227 45.7% 118 2,685 D+4.2
Calhoun 660 30.4% 1,458 67.1% 56 2,174 R+36.7

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