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Elections in Arkansas |
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The 1932 United States presidential election in Arkansas was held on November 8, 1932, as part of the concurrent 1932 United States presidential election held throughout all forty-eight contemporary states. State voters chose nine electors, or representatives to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice-president.
Except for the Unionist Ozark counties of Newton and Searcy where Republicans controlled local government, Arkansas since the end of Reconstruction had been a classic one-party Democratic “Solid South” state. [1] Disfranchisement of effectively all African-Americans and most poor whites had meant that outside those two aberrant counties, the Republican Party was completely moribund and Democratic primaries the only competitive elections.
The 1920s did see a minor change in this, as increased voting by poor Ozark whites as a protest against Woodrow Wilson's internationalist foreign policy meant that Warren G. Harding was able to win almost forty percent of the statewide vote in 1920; [2] however despite his national landslide Calvin Coolidge in 1924 could not do any more than win the two traditional Unionist GOP counties. 1928 saw the rest of the Outer South and North Alabama bolt the anti-Prohibition Catholic Al Smith, but the presence of Arkansas Senator Joseph Taylor Robinson as running mate meant that within Arkansas only the most northwesterly counties with ordinarily substantial Republican votes would suffer the same fate. [3]
The following years saw Arkansas plunge into the Great Depression, followed almost immediately by a major drought from the summer of 1930s until the winter of 1931/1932. [4] This came on top of a long depression in agriculture, which was still the dominant player in Arkansas’ economy and was backed up by the “Great Migration” of the state's agricultural labor force to northeastern and midwestern cities. [5]
With the Depression not improving, Arkansas gave extremely heavy support to Democrat Franklin Roosevelt in the 1932 election. [6] Roosevelt won every county in the state, becoming the first Democrat to win Searcy County since before the Civil War and only the second to win adjacent Newton County. [7] As of 2020, this remains the only time in history that a Democratic presidential nominee has swept every county in Arkansas, and one of only two times (along with Richard Nixon's 1972 landslide) that a candidate of any party has done so.
Presidential candidate | Party | Home state | Popular vote | Electoral vote | Running mate | |||
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Count | Percentage | Vice-presidential candidate | Home state | Electoral vote | ||||
Franklin D. Roosevelt | Democrat | New York | 189,529 | 86.44% | 9 | John Nance Garner | Texas | 9 |
Herbert Hoover (incumbent) | Republican | California | 27,465 | 12.53% | 0 | Charles Curtis (incumbent) | Kansas | 0 |
Norman Thomas | Socialist | New York | 1,166 | 0.53% | 0 | James H. Maurer | Pennsylvania | 0 |
William Hope Harvey | Liberty | Arkansas | 952 | 0.43% | 0 | Frank Hemenway | Washington | 0 |
William Z. Foster | Communist | Illinois | 157 | 0.07% | 0 | James W. Ford | Alabama | 0 |
Total | 219,269 | 100% | 9 | 9 | ||||
Needed to win | 266 | 266 |
County | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic | Herbert Clark Hoover Republican | Norman Mattoon Thomas Socialist | William Hope Harvey Liberty | William Z. Foster Communist | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Arkansas | 2,867 | 84.45% | 494 | 14.55% | 19 | 0.56% | 14 | 0.41% | 1 | 0.03% | 2,373 | 69.90% | 3,395 |
Ashley | 2,537 | 92.83% | 188 | 6.88% | 5 | 0.18% | 3 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,349 | 85.95% | 2,733 |
Baxter | 1,039 | 82.85% | 194 | 15.47% | 13 | 1.04% | 8 | 0.64% | 0 | 0.00% | 845 | 67.38% | 1,254 |
Benton | 3,775 | 72.62% | 1,275 | 24.53% | 34 | 0.65% | 110 | 2.12% | 4 | 0.08% | 2,500 | 48.10% | 5,198 |
Boone | 2,644 | 78.11% | 697 | 20.59% | 12 | 0.35% | 32 | 0.95% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,947 | 57.52% | 3,385 |
Bradley | 1,985 | 93.76% | 125 | 5.90% | 5 | 0.24% | 1 | 0.05% | 1 | 0.05% | 1,860 | 87.86% | 2,117 |
Calhoun | 1,235 | 94.85% | 59 | 4.53% | 4 | 0.31% | 4 | 0.31% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,176 | 90.32% | 1,302 |
Carroll | 2,150 | 73.10% | 758 | 25.77% | 5 | 0.17% | 26 | 0.88% | 2 | 0.07% | 1,392 | 47.33% | 2,941 |
Chicot | 1,680 | 94.38% | 98 | 5.51% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.06% | 1 | 0.06% | 1,582 | 88.88% | 1,780 |
Clark | 3,037 | 93.88% | 183 | 5.66% | 6 | 0.19% | 9 | 0.28% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,854 | 88.22% | 3,235 |
Clay | 1,891 | 82.00% | 397 | 17.22% | 11 | 0.48% | 5 | 0.22% | 2 | 0.09% | 1,494 | 64.79% | 2,306 |
Cleburne | 1,750 | 88.29% | 204 | 10.29% | 14 | 0.71% | 12 | 0.61% | 2 | 0.10% | 1,546 | 78.00% | 1,982 |
Cleveland | 1,440 | 93.87% | 92 | 6.00% | 1 | 0.07% | 1 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,348 | 87.87% | 1,534 |
Columbia | 2,420 | 96.22% | 85 | 3.38% | 5 | 0.20% | 5 | 0.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,335 | 92.84% | 2,515 |
Conway | 2,530 | 89.24% | 285 | 10.05% | 9 | 0.32% | 9 | 0.32% | 2 | 0.07% | 2,245 | 79.19% | 2,835 |
Craighead | 4,412 | 87.09% | 606 | 11.96% | 33 | 0.65% | 12 | 0.24% | 3 | 0.06% | 3,806 | 75.13% | 5,066 |
Crawford | 2,962 | 77.46% | 809 | 21.16% | 31 | 0.81% | 18 | 0.47% | 4 | 0.10% | 2,153 | 56.30% | 3,824 |
Crittenden | 2,411 | 98.25% | 37 | 1.51% | 5 | 0.20% | 1 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,374 | 96.74% | 2,454 |
Cross | 2,066 | 95.47% | 87 | 4.02% | 6 | 0.28% | 4 | 0.18% | 1 | 0.05% | 1,979 | 91.45% | 2,164 |
Dallas | 2,139 | 93.16% | 150 | 6.53% | 6 | 0.26% | 1 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,989 | 86.63% | 2,296 |
Desha | 1,549 | 94.51% | 81 | 4.94% | 9 | 0.55% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,468 | 89.57% | 1,639 |
Drew | 1,760 | 89.39% | 198 | 10.06% | 6 | 0.30% | 5 | 0.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,562 | 79.33% | 1,969 |
Faulkner | 2,749 | 84.77% | 437 | 13.48% | 9 | 0.28% | 45 | 1.39% | 3 | 0.09% | 2,312 | 71.29% | 3,243 |
Franklin | 1,896 | 84.83% | 275 | 12.30% | 47 | 2.10% | 14 | 0.63% | 3 | 0.13% | 1,621 | 72.53% | 2,235 |
Fulton | 1,235 | 83.84% | 237 | 16.09% | 1 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 998 | 67.75% | 1,473 |
Garland | 4,252 | 83.60% | 833 | 16.38% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,419 | 67.22% | 5,086 |
Grant | 1,626 | 96.50% | 55 | 3.26% | 1 | 0.06% | 2 | 0.12% | 1 | 0.06% | 1,571 | 93.23% | 1,685 |
Greene | 3,277 | 91.43% | 274 | 7.65% | 28 | 0.78% | 2 | 0.06% | 3 | 0.08% | 3,003 | 83.79% | 3,584 |
Hempstead | 2,840 | 89.90% | 317 | 10.03% | 2 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,523 | 79.87% | 3,159 |
Hot Spring | 2,542 | 90.59% | 237 | 8.45% | 14 | 0.50% | 10 | 0.36% | 3 | 0.11% | 2,305 | 82.15% | 2,806 |
Howard | 1,703 | 91.02% | 165 | 8.82% | 3 | 0.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,538 | 82.20% | 1,871 |
Independence | 2,427 | 86.34% | 371 | 13.20% | 3 | 0.11% | 10 | 0.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,056 | 73.14% | 2,811 |
Izard | 1,227 | 85.27% | 200 | 13.90% | 8 | 0.56% | 3 | 0.21% | 1 | 0.07% | 1,027 | 71.37% | 1,439 |
Jackson | 2,521 | 92.58% | 193 | 7.09% | 5 | 0.18% | 2 | 0.07% | 2 | 0.07% | 2,328 | 85.49% | 2,723 |
Jefferson | 5,248 | 92.23% | 419 | 7.36% | 13 | 0.23% | 8 | 0.14% | 2 | 0.04% | 4,829 | 84.87% | 5,690 |
Johnson | 1,557 | 81.60% | 284 | 14.88% | 42 | 2.20% | 22 | 1.15% | 3 | 0.16% | 1,273 | 66.72% | 1,908 |
Lafayette | 1,495 | 90.50% | 151 | 9.14% | 3 | 0.18% | 3 | 0.18% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,344 | 81.36% | 1,652 |
Lawrence | 3,056 | 89.54% | 293 | 8.58% | 28 | 0.82% | 35 | 1.03% | 1 | 0.03% | 2,763 | 80.96% | 3,413 |
Lee | 1,635 | 97.44% | 39 | 2.32% | 1 | 0.06% | 3 | 0.18% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,596 | 95.11% | 1,678 |
Lincoln | 1,301 | 96.30% | 49 | 3.63% | 1 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,252 | 92.67% | 1,351 |
Little River | 1,399 | 91.80% | 118 | 7.74% | 4 | 0.26% | 1 | 0.07% | 2 | 0.13% | 1,281 | 84.06% | 1,524 |
Logan | 2,493 | 78.54% | 645 | 20.32% | 23 | 0.72% | 11 | 0.35% | 2 | 0.06% | 1,848 | 58.22% | 3,174 |
Lonoke | 2,951 | 94.04% | 175 | 5.58% | 7 | 0.22% | 1 | 0.03% | 4 | 0.13% | 2,776 | 88.46% | 3,138 |
Madison | 2,803 | 55.01% | 2,197 | 43.12% | 39 | 0.77% | 50 | 0.98% | 6 | 0.12% | 606 | 11.89% | 5,095 |
Marion | 1,282 | 80.18% | 235 | 14.70% | 40 | 2.50% | 29 | 1.81% | 13 | 0.81% | 1,047 | 65.48% | 1,599 |
Miller | 3,876 | 91.57% | 322 | 7.61% | 20 | 0.47% | 11 | 0.26% | 4 | 0.09% | 3,554 | 83.96% | 4,233 |
Mississippi | 5,776 | 93.12% | 364 | 5.87% | 46 | 0.74% | 12 | 0.19% | 5 | 0.08% | 5,412 | 87.25% | 6,203 |
Monroe | 1,753 | 90.59% | 170 | 8.79% | 9 | 0.47% | 0 | 0.00% | 3 | 0.16% | 1,583 | 81.81% | 1,935 |
Montgomery | 1,495 | 85.97% | 211 | 12.13% | 12 | 0.69% | 21 | 1.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,284 | 73.84% | 1,739 |
Nevada | 2,358 | 91.97% | 197 | 7.68% | 4 | 0.16% | 1 | 0.04% | 4 | 0.16% | 2,161 | 84.28% | 2,564 |
Newton | 941 | 62.32% | 540 | 35.76% | 26 | 1.72% | 3 | 0.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 401 | 26.56% | 1,510 |
Ouachita | 3,118 | 87.66% | 432 | 12.15% | 3 | 0.08% | 3 | 0.08% | 1 | 0.03% | 2,686 | 75.51% | 3,557 |
Perry | 1,347 | 91.38% | 123 | 8.34% | 3 | 0.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.07% | 1,224 | 83.04% | 1,474 |
Phillips | 2,976 | 94.66% | 142 | 4.52% | 0 | 0.00% | 26 | 0.83% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,834 | 90.14% | 3,144 |
Pike | 1,480 | 89.21% | 176 | 10.61% | 1 | 0.06% | 2 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,304 | 78.60% | 1,659 |
Poinsett | 4,312 | 93.01% | 252 | 5.44% | 48 | 1.04% | 6 | 0.13% | 18 | 0.39% | 4,060 | 87.58% | 4,636 |
Polk | 1,568 | 83.67% | 223 | 11.90% | 29 | 1.55% | 54 | 2.88% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,345 | 71.77% | 1,874 |
Pope | 2,391 | 88.49% | 280 | 10.36% | 11 | 0.41% | 18 | 0.67% | 2 | 0.07% | 2,111 | 78.13% | 2,702 |
Prairie | 1,743 | 91.21% | 158 | 8.27% | 5 | 0.26% | 4 | 0.21% | 1 | 0.05% | 1,585 | 82.94% | 1,911 |
Pulaski | 14,049 | 85.46% | 2,281 | 13.87% | 71 | 0.43% | 29 | 0.18% | 10 | 0.06% | 11,768 | 71.58% | 16,440 |
Randolph | 2,021 | 90.10% | 206 | 9.18% | 2 | 0.09% | 12 | 0.53% | 2 | 0.09% | 1,815 | 80.92% | 2,243 |
St. Francis | 2,191 | 92.56% | 130 | 5.49% | 33 | 1.39% | 12 | 0.51% | 1 | 0.04% | 2,061 | 87.07% | 2,367 |
Saline | 1,990 | 93.47% | 107 | 5.03% | 18 | 0.85% | 9 | 0.42% | 5 | 0.23% | 1,883 | 88.45% | 2,129 |
Scott | 1,042 | 79.42% | 174 | 13.26% | 27 | 2.06% | 65 | 4.95% | 4 | 0.30% | 868 | 66.16% | 1,312 |
Searcy | 947 | 52.38% | 846 | 46.79% | 11 | 0.61% | 3 | 0.17% | 1 | 0.06% | 101 | 5.59% | 1,808 |
Sebastian | 4,937 | 78.87% | 1,268 | 20.26% | 24 | 0.38% | 25 | 0.40% | 6 | 0.10% | 3,669 | 58.61% | 6,260 |
Sevier | 2,009 | 91.61% | 162 | 7.39% | 10 | 0.46% | 12 | 0.55% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,847 | 84.22% | 2,193 |
Sharp | 1,334 | 89.89% | 142 | 9.57% | 8 | 0.54% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,192 | 80.32% | 1,484 |
Stone | 1,100 | 79.14% | 261 | 18.78% | 8 | 0.58% | 20 | 1.44% | 1 | 0.07% | 839 | 60.36% | 1,390 |
Union | 5,429 | 94.61% | 245 | 4.27% | 53 | 0.92% | 10 | 0.17% | 1 | 0.02% | 5,184 | 90.35% | 5,738 |
Van Buren | 1,456 | 77.04% | 413 | 21.85% | 14 | 0.74% | 6 | 0.32% | 1 | 0.05% | 1,043 | 55.19% | 1,890 |
Washington | 4,971 | 75.36% | 1,502 | 22.77% | 64 | 0.97% | 48 | 0.73% | 11 | 0.17% | 3,469 | 52.59% | 6,596 |
White | 3,251 | 87.75% | 430 | 11.61% | 19 | 0.51% | 4 | 0.11% | 1 | 0.03% | 2,821 | 76.14% | 3,705 |
Woodruff | 1,864 | 92.19% | 135 | 6.68% | 18 | 0.89% | 3 | 0.15% | 2 | 0.10% | 1,729 | 85.51% | 2,022 |
Yell | 2,010 | 87.77% | 272 | 11.88% | 7 | 0.31% | 1 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,738 | 75.90% | 2,290 |
Totals | 189,529 | 86.44% | 27,465 | 12.53% | 1,166 | 0.53% | 952 | 0.43% | 157 | 0.07% | 162,064 | 73.91% | 219,269 |
Searcy County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,828. The county seat is Marshall. The county was formed December 13, 1838, from a portion of Marion County and named for Richard Searcy, the first clerk and judge in the Arkansas Territory. The city of Searcy, Arkansas, some 70 miles away, shares the name despite having never been part of Searcy County. The county is an alcohol prohibition or dry county.
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The 1928 United States presidential election in Arkansas was held on November 6, 1928, as part of the 1928 United States presidential election. State voters chose nine electors, or representatives to the United States Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice-president.
The 1924 United States presidential election in Arkansas was held on November 4, 1924, as part of the 1924 United States presidential election. State voters chose nine electors, or representatives to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice-president.
The 1892 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 8, 1892. All contemporary 44 states were part of the 1892 United States presidential election. Arkansas voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
The 1936 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 3, 1936, as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. State voters chose nine representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
The 1896 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 3, 1896. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1896 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
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The 1930 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1930, to elect the governor of Arkansas, concurrently with the election to Arkansas's Class II U.S. Senate seat, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
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