1996 United States presidential election in Arkansas

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1996 United States presidential election in Arkansas
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  1992 November 5, 1996 2000  
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Nominee Bill Clinton Bob Dole Ross Perot
Party Democratic Republican Reform
Home state Arkansas Kansas Texas
Running mate Al Gore Jack Kemp Pat Choate
Electoral vote600
Popular vote475,171325,41669,884
Percentage53.74%36.80%7.90%

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County Results

President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

Elected President

Bill Clinton
Democratic

The 1996 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. State voters chose six electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

Arkansas, incumbent President Bill Clinton's home state, was won by Clinton by a 17% margin of victory. [1] Republican nominee Bob Dole did not put up a challenge in Arkansas, nor did billionaire businessman Ross Perot (Ref-TX), who had unsuccessfully run for president as an independent in the previous election. Perot won 7.90 percent of the popular vote in Arkansas in 1996, a significant total for a third party candidate.

This was the first time since 1964 that the state voted Democratic in consecutive elections. As of the 2020 presidential election , this remains the last time that a Democratic presidential nominee has carried Arkansas. The state has swung rapidly towards the Republican Party in each subsequent election, transforming from a Democratic stronghold into one of the most staunchly Republican states in the nation. This is the last time Democrats flipped any county in the state.

This is also the last election in which Washington County, Columbia County, Arkansas County, Faulkner County, Union County, Garland County, Johnson County, Howard County, Calhoun County, Saline County, Perry County, Miller County, Van Buren County, Montgomery County, Madison County, Pike County, Logan County, White County, Lonoke County, Pope County, Independence County, Cleburne County, Yell County, Conway County, Franklin County, Grant County, Sharp County, Sevier County, Marion County, Stone County, Fulton County, Scott County, Prairie County, and Cleveland County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. [2]

Results

1996 United States presidential election in Arkansas
PartyCandidateRunning mateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Democratic Bill Clinton (incumbent) Al Gore (incumbent)475,17153.74%6
Republican Robert Dole Jack Kemp 325,41636.80%0
Reform Ross Perot Patrick Choate 69,8847.90%0
Green Coalition Ralph Nader Winona LaDuke 3,6490.41%0
Libertarian Harry Browne Jo Jorgensen 3,0760.35%0
U.S. Taxpayers' Party AR Howard Phillips Herbert Titus 2,0650.23%0
America First Justice Ralph ForbesAndy Anderson9320.11%0
Independent Charles Collins Rosemary Giumarra 8230.09%0
Looking Back Isabell Masters Shirley Masters7490.08%0
Workers World Party Monica Moorehead Gloria La Riva 7470.08%0
Natural Law Dr. John Hagelin Dr. V. Tompkins 7290.08%0
Socialist AR Mary Cal Hollis Eric Chester 5380.06%0
Prohibition Earl Dodge Rachel Kelly 4830.05%0

Results by county

CountyWilliam Jefferson Clinton
Democratic
Robert Joseph Dole
Republican
Henry Ross Perot
Reform
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %# %
Arkansas 4,22063.00%1,91028.52%4636.91%1051.57%2,31034.49%6,698
Ashley 5,01160.51%2,42829.32%7048.50%1381.67%2,58331.19%8,281
Baxter 6,70343.23%6,87744.35%1,57210.14%3532.28%-174-1.12%15,505
Benton 17,20537.59%23,74851.89%4,1479.06%6681.46%-6,543-14.30%45,768
Boone 5,74543.32%6,09345.94%1,1328.54%2922.20%-348-2.62%13,262
Bradley 2,56664.67%1,14628.88%2215.57%350.88%1,42035.79%3,968
Calhoun 1,30656.98%72731.72%23710.34%220.96%57925.26%2,292
Carroll 3,68941.81%3,95744.85%98611.18%1912.16%-268-3.04%8,823
Chicot 3,09070.26%1,05624.01%2335.30%190.43%2,03446.25%4,398
Clark 5,28165.02%2,11226.00%5676.98%1621.99%3,16939.02%8,122
Clay 3,84865.63%1,51225.79%4647.91%390.67%2,33639.84%5,863
Cleburne 4,47547.28%3,80740.23%1,02110.79%1611.70%6687.06%9,464
Cleveland 1,74157.57%99032.74%2688.86%250.83%75124.83%3,024
Columbia 4,73052.66%3,37637.59%6787.55%1982.20%1,35415.07%8,982
Conway 4,05555.69%2,30731.68%74610.24%1742.39%1,74824.00%7,282
Craighead 13,28454.04%9,21037.47%1,7787.23%3101.26%4,07416.57%24,582
Crawford 6,74942.68%7,18245.42%1,68310.64%2001.26%-433-2.74%15,814
Crittenden 8,41559.11%4,67332.83%5543.89%5944.17%3,74226.29%14,236
Cross 3,63158.94%2,00032.47%4667.56%631.02%1,63126.48%6,160
Dallas 2,11861.66%1,04130.31%2366.87%401.16%1,07731.35%3,435
Desha 3,23070.94%97821.48%2475.42%982.15%2,25249.46%4,553
Drew 3,57062.91%1,65729.20%3956.96%530.93%1,91333.71%5,675
Faulkner 12,03249.88%10,17842.19%1,5286.33%3851.60%1,8547.69%24,123
Franklin 3,26952.83%2,24636.30%62610.12%470.76%1,02316.53%6,188
Fulton 2,36155.91%1,35131.99%45510.77%561.33%1,01023.92%4,223
Garland 19,21153.06%13,66237.73%2,7697.65%5641.56%5,54915.33%36,206
Grant 2,94853.25%1,92534.77%55710.06%1061.91%1,02318.48%5,536
Greene 6,62257.61%3,75732.68%1,0148.82%1020.89%2,86524.92%11,495
Hempstead 4,98365.99%2,02126.76%5016.63%460.61%2,96239.23%7,551
Hot Spring 6,00259.10%2,86428.20%1,12311.06%1661.63%3,13830.90%10,155
Howard 2,74159.18%1,47831.91%3697.97%440.95%1,26327.27%4,632
Independence 6,24053.66%4,02134.58%1,1269.68%2412.07%2,21919.08%11,628
Izard 2,81855.11%1,67832.82%54110.58%761.49%1,14022.30%5,113
Jackson 4,30466.22%1,52523.46%6119.40%600.92%2,77942.75%6,500
Jefferson 19,70171.18%6,33022.87%1,2844.64%3621.31%13,37148.31%27,677
Johnson 3,58552.47%2,36734.64%75711.08%1241.81%1,21817.83%6,833
Lafayette 2,46664.14%97125.25%3749.73%340.88%1,49538.88%3,845
Lawrence 3,65259.47%1,82329.69%6099.92%570.93%1,82929.78%6,141
Lee 3,26771.75%1,01322.25%2575.64%160.35%2,25449.51%4,553
Lincoln 2,51768.62%90724.73%2216.03%230.63%1,61043.89%3,668
Little River 3,18362.27%1,40927.56%4809.39%400.78%1,77434.70%5,112
Logan 3,83247.89%2,96637.07%1,04813.10%1561.95%86610.82%8,002
Lonoke 8,04950.13%6,41439.95%1,3698.53%2241.40%1,63510.18%16,056
Madison 2,50446.76%2,30343.01%4618.61%871.62%2013.75%5,355
Marion 2,73544.65%2,31237.75%76412.47%3145.13%4236.91%6,125
Miller 6,46951.73%4,87438.97%1,0438.34%1200.96%1,59512.75%12,506
Mississippi 8,30162.19%3,91929.36%1,0167.61%1110.83%4,38232.83%13,347
Monroe 2,24764.98%97328.14%2025.84%361.04%1,27436.84%3,458
Montgomery 1,83052.89%1,13732.86%42712.34%661.91%69320.03%3,460
Nevada 2,27962.44%97626.74%3459.45%501.37%1,30335.70%3,650
Newton 1,63139.26%1,92746.39%49811.99%982.36%-296-7.13%4,154
Ouachita 6,63562.54%3,13629.56%7336.91%1050.99%3,49932.98%10,609
Perry 1,87353.79%1,14332.83%39511.34%712.04%73020.96%3,482
Phillips 5,71566.69%2,20525.73%4615.38%1892.21%3,51040.96%8,570
Pike 2,36255.41%1,40132.86%44110.34%591.38%96122.54%4,263
Poinsett 4,68663.09%2,03427.39%6478.71%600.81%2,65235.71%7,427
Polk 2,82442.28%2,85242.70%87613.12%1271.90%-28-0.42%6,679
Pope 8,43344.76%8,24343.75%1,89110.04%2731.45%1901.01%18,840
Prairie 2,21161.85%1,02528.67%3058.53%340.95%1,18633.17%3,575
Pulaski 75,08458.78%44,78035.06%6,0144.71%1,8551.45%30,30423.72%127,733
Randolph 3,21357.04%1,78931.76%5619.96%701.24%1,42425.28%5,633
St. Francis 5,56264.35%2,52329.19%5065.85%530.61%3,03935.16%8,644
Saline 14,02748.90%11,69540.77%2,6129.11%3511.22%2,3328.13%28,685
Scott 2,25952.57%1,42633.19%51311.94%992.30%83319.39%4,297
Searcy 1,66942.05%1,78645.00%3819.60%1333.35%-117-2.95%3,969
Sebastian 15,51443.89%16,48246.63%2,8998.20%4511.28%-968-2.74%35,346
Sevier 2,55357.69%1,37931.16%44610.08%471.06%1,17426.53%4,425
Sharp 3,57351.26%2,63537.80%6879.86%751.08%93813.46%6,970
Stone 2,22750.15%1,52634.36%57913.04%1092.45%70115.78%4,441
Union 8,37352.53%6,05337.97%1,0736.73%4412.77%2,32014.55%15,940
Van Buren 3,52151.77%2,34534.48%83012.20%1051.54%1,17617.29%6,801
Washington 20,41946.44%19,47644.30%3,1337.13%9392.14%9432.14%43,967
White 10,20448.61%8,65941.25%1,8288.71%3001.43%1,5457.36%20,991
Woodruff 2,04471.67%59820.97%1866.52%240.84%1,44650.70%2,852
Yell 3,74956.43%2,11131.77%71410.75%701.05%1,63824.65%6,644
Totals475,17153.74%325,41636.80%69,8847.90%13,7911.56%149,75516.94%884,262

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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References

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