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Election 2016 Results

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2016 presidential election in Arkansas

Donald Trump (Republican) beat Hillary Clinton (Democrat) in Arkansas in 2016, 60.6% to 33.7%, a margin of 26.9 points and 304,378 votes.

Arkansas voted 29.0 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+2.1.

The Republican hold continued from 2012, when Mitt Romney won.

Republicans led in 67 of the 75 counties and Democrats in 8. The largest, Pulaski, cast 159,776 votes and went to the Democrat by 17.7 points. The closest was Monroe, where 177 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
Donald Trump won	Republican	684,872	60.6%
Hillary Clinton	Democratic	380,494	33.7%
All other candidates		65,310	5.8%
Total		1,130,676

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Pulaski	89,574 56.1%	61,257 38.3%	8,945	159,776	D+17.7
Benton	28,005 28.9%	60,871 62.9%	7,948	96,824	R+33.9
Washington	33,366 40.8%	41,476 50.7%	7,019	81,861	R+9.9
Saline	13,256 25.4%	35,863 68.8%	2,981	52,100	R+43.4
Faulkner	14,629 30.8%	29,346 61.7%	3,552	47,527	R+31.0
Sebastian	12,300 27.6%	29,127 65.3%	3,210	44,637	R+37.7
Garland	12,311 30.2%	26,087 63.9%	2,407	40,805	R+33.8
Craighead	10,538 29.6%	22,892 64.4%	2,143	35,573	R+34.7
White	5,170 19.0%	21,077 77.4%	972	27,219	R+58.4
Lonoke	5,664 20.9%	19,958 73.6%	1,478	27,100	R+52.7
Jefferson	15,772 60.9%	9,250 35.7%	872	25,894	D+25.2
Pope	5,000 22.2%	16,256 72.0%	1,313	22,569	R+49.9
Crawford	4,488 20.0%	16,686 74.3%	1,276	22,450	R+54.3
Baxter	4,169 21.1%	14,682 74.3%	915	19,766	R+53.2
Union	5,855 34.7%	10,456 61.9%	583	16,894	R+27.2
Boone	2,926 18.2%	12,235 75.9%	950	16,111	R+57.8
Miller	4,273 26.6%	11,294 70.2%	524	16,091	R+43.6
Crittenden	8,410 52.7%	6,964 43.7%	578	15,952	D+9.1
Greene	3,071 21.0%	10,720 73.4%	809	14,600	R+52.4
Independence	2,881 21.2%	9,936 73.0%	797	13,614	R+51.8
Mississippi	5,670 42.9%	7,061 53.5%	473	13,204	R+10.5
Cleburne	2,101 17.4%	9,458 78.3%	526	12,085	R+60.9
Hot Spring	3,149 26.4%	8,172 68.4%	623	11,944	R+42.1
Carroll	3,342 31.1%	6,786 63.1%	630	10,758	R+32.0
Ouachita	4,321 43.5%	5,351 53.9%	263	9,935	R+10.4
Johnson	2,427 26.6%	6,091 66.8%	594	9,112	R+40.2
Columbia	3,140 35.3%	5,456 61.4%	291	8,887	R+26.1
Clark	3,620 42.5%	4,404 51.7%	502	8,526	R+9.2
Polk	1,212 14.7%	6,618 80.4%	401	8,231	R+65.7
Ashley	2,408 29.8%	5,338 66.0%	337	8,083	R+36.2
Conway	2,656 33.5%	4,849 61.2%	422	7,927	R+27.7
Logan	1,715 21.7%	5,746 72.5%	460	7,921	R+50.9
Poinsett	1,880 24.3%	5,502 71.3%	340	7,722	R+46.9
Grant	1,373 18.4%	5,725 76.9%	347	7,445	R+58.5
St. Francis	4,031 54.3%	3,195 43.0%	204	7,430	D+11.3
Van Buren	1,549 21.1%	5,382 73.3%	408	7,339	R+52.2
Sharp	1,472 20.3%	5,407 74.6%	370	7,249	R+54.3
Marion	1,434 20.2%	5,336 75.1%	337	7,107	R+54.9
Hempstead	2,377 33.7%	4,401 62.4%	271	7,049	R+28.7
Phillips	4,310 62.0%	2,446 35.2%	197	6,953	D+26.8
Cross	1,999 29.1%	4,584 66.7%	291	6,874	R+37.6
Madison	1,588 23.2%	4,928 72.0%	325	6,841	R+48.8
Franklin	1,376 20.3%	5,039 74.4%	355	6,770	R+54.1
Drew	2,365 35.9%	3,968 60.2%	262	6,595	R+24.3
Yell	1,480 23.0%	4,608 71.6%	351	6,439	R+48.6
Randolph	1,425 22.3%	4,509 70.7%	445	6,379	R+48.3
Arkansas	1,939 31.2%	3,826 61.6%	447	6,212	R+30.4
Lawrence	1,263 22.2%	4,064 71.5%	358	5,685	R+49.3
Stone	1,203 21.4%	4,113 73.2%	302	5,618	R+51.8
Izard	1,113 20.4%	4,042 74.2%	293	5,448	R+53.8
Little River	1,397 26.7%	3,605 69.0%	225	5,227	R+42.2
Clay	1,199 23.1%	3,781 72.7%	220	5,200	R+49.7
Jackson	1,583 30.7%	3,267 63.4%	306	5,156	R+32.7
Fulton	1,067 22.4%	3,471 72.7%	234	4,772	R+50.4
Howard	1,351 28.9%	3,157 67.5%	166	4,674	R+38.6
Sevier	1,075 23.6%	3,282 71.9%	205	4,562	R+48.4
Perry	1,049 24.4%	3,008 69.9%	249	4,306	R+45.5
Desha	2,228 52.3%	1,919 45.1%	110	4,257	D+7.3
Chicot	2,350 56.3%	1,716 41.1%	110	4,176	D+15.2
Pike	685 17.2%	3,150 79.1%	146	3,981	R+61.9
Lincoln	1,252 32.7%	2,455 64.2%	119	3,826	R+31.4
Newton	699 18.6%	2,875 76.6%	179	3,753	R+58.0
Searcy	601 16.1%	2,955 79.3%	172	3,728	R+63.1
Bradley	1,317 36.1%	2,164 59.2%	172	3,653	R+23.2
Montgomery	748 21.0%	2,643 74.3%	168	3,559	R+53.2
Scott	602 17.2%	2,731 77.8%	177	3,510	R+60.7
Prairie	814 23.6%	2,505 72.7%	125	3,444	R+49.1
Cleveland	723 21.6%	2,462 73.4%	169	3,354	R+51.8
Nevada	1,157 35.6%	2,000 61.6%	89	3,246	R+26.0
Lee	1,735 57.3%	1,229 40.6%	62	3,026	D+16.7
Monroe	1,312 45.5%	1,489 51.6%	83	2,884	R+6.1
Lafayette	1,032 36.1%	1,758 61.5%	70	2,860	R+25.4
Dallas	1,165 42.0%	1,509 54.5%	97	2,771	R+12.4
Woodruff	1,118 43.5%	1,347 52.4%	106	2,571	R+8.9
Calhoun	639 28.2%	1,556 68.6%	74	2,269	R+40.4

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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