2012 United States presidential election in Arkansas

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2012 United States presidential election in Arkansas
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Nominee Mitt Romney Barack Obama
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Massachusetts Illinois
Running mate Paul Ryan Joe Biden
Electoral vote60
Popular vote647,744394,409
Percentage60.57%36.88%
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President before election

Barack Obama
Democratic

Elected President

Barack Obama
Democratic

The 2012 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Arkansas voters chose six electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate, Vice President Joe Biden, against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate, Congressman Paul Ryan.

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Romney and Ryan carried Arkansas with 60.57% of the popular vote to Obama's and Biden's 36.88%, winning the state's six electoral votes. [1] While Arkansas had been won by the Democrats as recently as 1996 by native son Bill Clinton, Obama proved to be a poor fit for the state, and his 23.69% margin of loss was the worst defeat for a Democratic presidential candidate in Arkansas since 1972's margin of 38.1%. Obama also was defeated by a larger margin in Arkansas than Walter Mondale in 1984.

As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last election in which Woodruff County voted for the Democratic candidate. This is also the first election since 1984 where either nominee received 60% of the vote. Obama is the only Democrat to ever win two terms without carrying the state at least once.

Primary elections

Democratic primary

2012 Arkansas Democratic presidential primary
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Candidate Barack Obama John Wolfe Jr.
Home state Illinois Tennessee
Delegate count47 [2] 0
Popular vote94,93667,711
Percentage58.37%41.63%
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Results by county
Obama:     50-60%     60-70%     70-80%     80-90%
Wolfe:     50-60%     60-70%     70-80%

The Democratic primary had 47 delegates at stake. All 47 delegates were allocated to, and pledged to vote for Barack Obama at the 2012 Democratic National Convention. [2] While John Wolfe Jr. qualified for 19 delegates [3] to the convention by virtue of his performances in Arkansas, State party officials said Wolfe missed two paperwork filing deadlines related to the delegate process, therefore he was not eligible for any delegates. [4] [5] Wolfe has commenced legal proceedings to have delegates in his name seated. [6] Eight other unpledged delegates, known as superdelegates, also attended the convention and cast their votes as well.

Republican primary

2012 Arkansas Republican presidential primary
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Candidate Mitt Romney Ron Paul
Home state Massachusetts Texas
Delegate count330
Popular vote104,20020,399
Percentage68.39%13.39%
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Candidate Rick Santorum Newt Gingrich
Home state Pennsylvania Georgia
Delegate count00
Popular vote20,3087,453
Percentage13.33%4.89%
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Arkansas results by county
  Mitt Romney
(Note: Italicization indicates a withdrawn candidacy)

The Republican primary had 33 delegates at stake. Mitt Romney won all 75 counties in Arkansas. As a result, all 33 delegates were allocated to, and pledged to vote for Mitt Romney at the 2012 Republican National Convention.

Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich withdrew from the [presidential race on April 10 and May 2, 2012, respectively. Both endorsed Mitt Romney as the nominee.

Arkansas Republican primary, 2012 [7]
CandidateVotesPercentageDelegates
Mitt Romney 104,20068.39%33
Ron Paul 20,39913.39%0
Rick Santorum 20,30813.33%0
Newt Gingrich 7,4534.89%0
Unpledged delegates:3
Total:152,360100%36
Key:Withdrew prior to contest
Results by county (actual votes in parentheses): [7]
County Mitt Romney Ron Paul Rick Santorum
(withdrawn)		 Newt Gingrich
(withdrawn)		 County Mitt Romney Ron Paul Rick Santorum
(withdrawn)		 Newt Gingrich
(withdrawn)
Arkansas 68.86% (418)12.69% (77)11.53% (70)6.92% (42) Lee 48.00% (12)4.00% (1)36.00% (9)12.00% (3)
Ashley 70.09% (232)7.25% (24)17.52% (58)5.14% (17) Lincoln 72.55% (37)11.76% (6)9.80% (5)5.88% (3)
Baxter 73.04% (2338)13.71% (439)8.78% (281)4.47% (143) Little River 76.42% (162)5.19% (11)12.74% (27)5.66% (12)
Benton 65.10% (14527)14.69% (3278)15.65% (3493)4.56% (1018) Logan 70.36% (869)12.31% (152)12.31% (152)5.02% (62)
Boone 65.60% (1903)15.41% (447)13.89% (403)5.10% (148) Lonoke 65.51% (2758)13.52% (569)15.11% (636)5.87% (247)
Bradley 73.66% (193)8.02% (21)12.60% (33)5.73% (15) Madison 66.34% (889)15.82% (212)14.18% (190)3.66% (49)
Calhoun 63.11% (65)13.59% (14)19.42% (20)3.88% (4) Marion 69.93% (528)13.38% (101)12.05% (91)4.64% (35)
Carroll 64.44% (1263)15.87% (311)13.67% (268)6.02% (118) Miller 73.82% (1824)9.19% (227)12.18% (301)4.82% (119)
Chicot 79.07% (102)6.20% (8)6.20% (8)8.53% (11) Mississippi 76.47% (364)9.45% (45)9.45% (45)4.62% (22)
Clark 65.55% (725)13.74% (152)13.47% (149)7.23% (80) Monroe 65.82% (52)10.13% (8)16.46% (13)7.59% (6)
Clay 53.64% (59)29.09% (32)13.64% (15)3.64% (4) Montgomery 72.04% (456)13.74% (87)9.16% (58)5.06% (32)
Cleburne 68.10% (2011)11.65% (344)13.48% (398)6.77% (200) Nevada 72.84% (59)8.64% (7)16.05% (13)2.47% (2)
Cleveland 68.82% (287)8.63% (36)16.31% (68)6.24% (26) Newton 61.74% (276)15.44% (69)17.45% (78)5.37% (24)
Columbia 71.67% (1472)10.81% (222)12.27% (252)5.26% (108) Ouachita 75.25% (830)7.98% (88)13.24% (146)3.54% (39)
Conway 61.90% (442)13.87% (99)19.47% (139)4.76% (34) Perry 65.91% (292)15.80% (70)14.67% (65)3.61% (16)
Craighead 70.92% (1678)10.40% (246)13.86% (328)4.82% (114) Phillips 68.63% (35)15.69% (8)1.96% (1)13.73% (7)
Crawford 72.21% (3259)10.26% (463)13.27% (599)4.25% (192) Pike 65.05% (134)15.53% (32)14.56% (30)4.85% (10)
Crittenden 72.18% (288)9.27% (37)10.03% (40)8.52% (34) Poinsett 64.44% (241)11.76% (44)16.04% (60)7.75% (29)
Cross 75.10% (196)6.51% (17)12.26% (32)6.13% (16) Polk 68.32% (1085)12.03% (191)13.29% (211)6.36% (101)
Dallas 70.87% (253)11.20% (40)13.45% (48)4.48% (16) Pope 69.59% (2751)12.32% (487)12.98% (513)5.11% (202)
Desha 67.16% (45)8.96% (6)16.42% (11)7.46% (5) Prairie 60.94% (78)22.66% (29)13.28% (17)3.13% (4)
Drew 72.56% (423)7.55% (44)14.24% (83)5.66% (33) Pulaski 71.27% (9758)13.27% (1817)11.52% (1578)3.94% (539)
Faulkner 64.50% (5233)15.83% (1284)14.93% (1211)4.75% (385) Randolph 67.01% (197)12.59% (37)15.31% (45)5.10% (15)
Franklin 71.32% (980)9.24% (127)13.46% (185)5.97% (82) Saline 66.50% (6782)15.02% (1532)13.93% (1421)4.55% (464)
Fulton 66.55% (185)14.75% (41)9.71% (27)8.99% (25) Scott 70.31% (450)11.25% (72)13.59% (87)4.84% (31)
Garland 72.83% (5829)13.58% (1087)8.47% (678)5.12% (410) Searcy 57.48% (857)20.59% (307)14.55% (217)7.38% (110)
Grant 69.24% (493)12.92% (92)12.78% (91)5.06% (36) Sebastian 70.82% (6331)12.09% (1081)12.40% (1108)4.69% (419)
Greene 65.83% (422)10.45% (67)17.32% (111)6.40% (41) Sevier 71.30% (164)14.35% (33)9.57% (22)4.78% (11)
Hempstead 71.34% (478)10.45% (70)11.79% (79)6.42% (43) Sharp 62.50% (375)16.17% (97)15.83% (95)5.50% (33)
Hot Spring 67.68% (693)13.87% (142)13.38% (137)5.08% (52) St. Francis 76.42% (94)8.13% (10)7.32% (9)8.13% (10)
Howard 69.68% (193)12.64% (35)12.27% (34)5.42% (15) Stone 69.94% (342)12.47% (61)12.47% (61)5.11% (25)
Independence 68.37% (536)13.14% (103)14.16% (111)4.34% (34) Union 73.34% (1642)11.39% (255)10.50% (235)4.78% (107)
Izard 70.97% (357)16.90% (85)8.15% (41)3.98% (20) Van Buren 71.37% (653)11.58% (106)11.37% (104)5.68% (52)
Jackson 64.55% (122)8.99% (17)20.63% (39)5.82% (11) Washington 68.11% (8504)14.93% (1864)12.92% (1613)4.04% (505)
Jefferson 70.52% (1220)9.71% (168)13.99% (242)5.78% (100) White 65.47% (3638)12.13% (674)16.63% (924)5.78% (321)
Johnson 65.81% (512)13.88% (108)13.24% (103)7.07% (55) Woodruff 57.89% (11)10.53% (2)21.05% (4)10.53% (2)
Lafayette 71.82% (288)9.98% (40)14.71% (59)3.49% (14) Yell 68.72% (681)13.22% (131)12.21% (121)5.85% (58)
Lawrence 66.09% (269)13.02% (53)14.50% (59)6.39% (26)

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Huffington Post [8] Safe RNovember 6, 2012
CNN [9] Safe RNovember 6, 2012
New York Times [10] Safe RNovember 6, 2012
Washington Post [11] Safe RNovember 6, 2012
RealClearPolitics [12] Solid RNovember 6, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball [13] Solid RNovember 5, 2012
FiveThirtyEight [14] Solid RNovember 6, 2012

Candidate ballot access

Results

2012 United States presidential election in Arkansas [15]
PartyCandidateRunning mateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican Mitt Romney Paul Ryan 647,74460.57%6
Democratic Barack Obama (incumbent) Joe Biden (incumbent)394,40936.88%0
Libertarian Gary Johnson Jim Gray 16,2761.52%0
Green Jill Stein Cheri Honkala 9,3050.87%0
Socialism and Liberation Peta Lindsay Yari Osorio 1,7340.16%0
Totals1,069,468100.00%6

By county

CountyMitt Romney
Republican		Barack Obama
Democratic		Various candidates
Other parties		MarginTotal
#%#%#%#%
Arkansas 3,89760.01%2,45537.80%1422.19%1,44222.21%6,494
Ashley 4,86761.44%2,85936.09%1952.47%2,00825.35%7,921
Baxter 13,68870.78%5,17226.74%4792.48%8,51644.04%19,339
Benton 54,64668.95%22,63628.56%1,9752.49%32,01040.39%79,257
Boone 11,15972.50%3,77224.51%4602.99%7,38747.99%15,391
Bradley 2,13458.43%1,44939.68%691.89%68518.75%3,652
Calhoun 1,45867.07%66030.36%562.57%79836.71%2,174
Carroll 6,12560.15%3,69636.30%3623.55%2,42923.85%10,183
Chicot 1,67038.29%2,64960.74%420.97%-979-22.45%4,361
Clark 4,34351.65%3,81145.32%2553.03%5326.33%8,409
Clay 3,22563.11%1,73834.01%1472.88%1,48729.10%5,110
Cleburne 8,69374.64%2,62022.50%3342.86%6,07352.14%11,647
Cleveland 2,31370.82%84525.87%1083.31%1,46844.95%3,266
Columbia 5,79061.24%3,55737.62%1081.14%2,23323.62%9,455
Conway 4,51458.40%3,00538.87%2112.73%1,50919.53%7,730
Craighead 20,35064.20%10,52733.21%8232.59%9,82330.99%31,700
Crawford 15,14573.55%4,88123.70%5652.75%10,26449.85%20,591
Crittenden 6,99841.86%9,48756.75%2311.39%-2,489-14.89%16,716
Cross 4,26963.90%2,27934.11%1331.99%1,99029.79%6,681
Dallas 1,66553.99%1,33743.35%822.66%32810.64%3,084
Desha 1,89642.90%2,44355.27%811.83%-547-12.37%4,420
Drew 3,88758.60%2,63039.65%1161.75%1,25718.95%6,633
Faulkner 26,72264.45%13,62132.85%1,1172.70%13,10131.60%41,460
Franklin 4,63170.81%1,72626.39%1832.80%2,90544.42%6,540
Fulton 2,94965.21%1,45232.11%1212.68%1,49733.10%4,522
Garland 26,01463.87%13,80433.89%9102.24%12,21029.98%40,728
Grant 4,82974.53%1,46822.66%1822.81%3,36151.87%6,479
Greene 9,07165.92%4,00029.07%6905.01%5,07136.85%13,761
Hempstead 4,28461.90%2,46835.66%1692.44%1,81626.24%6,921
Hot Spring 7,09763.03%3,83034.01%3332.96%3,26729.02%11,260
Howard 2,89264.81%1,47132.97%992.22%1,42131.84%4,462
Independence 8,72870.40%3,28126.47%3883.13%5,44743.93%12,397
Izard 3,57567.73%1,52428.87%1793.40%2,05138.86%5,278
Jackson 3,07257.45%2,09539.18%1803.37%97718.27%5,347
Jefferson 9,52034.77%17,47063.80%3931.43%-7,950-29.03%27,383
Johnson 5,06462.53%2,79934.56%2352.91%2,26527.97%8,098
Lafayette 1,71358.48%1,17340.05%431.47%54018.43%2,929
Lawrence 3,53663.83%1,78832.27%2163.90%1,74831.56%5,540
Lee 1,28037.38%2,10761.54%371.08%-827-24.16%3,424
Lincoln 2,19959.02%1,42538.24%1022.74%77420.78%3,726
Little River 3,38567.02%1,55230.73%1142.25%1,83336.29%5,051
Logan 5,07969.28%2,00927.40%2433.32%3,07041.88%7,331
Lonoke 17,88074.15%5,62523.33%6092.52%12,25550.82%24,114
Madison 4,26364.91%2,09931.96%2063.13%2,16432.95%6,568
Marion 4,77467.71%2,03728.89%2403.40%2,73738.82%7,051
Miller 10,62269.29%4,51829.47%1891.24%6,10439.82%15,329
Mississippi 6,60349.37%6,46748.35%3052.28%1361.02%13,375
Monroe 1,58549.07%1,58349.01%621.92%20.06%3,230
Montgomery 2,36969.59%92027.03%1153.38%1,44942.56%3,404
Nevada 1,99658.98%1,31438.83%742.19%68220.15%3,384
Newton 2,50868.51%99327.12%1604.37%1,51541.39%3,661
Ouachita 5,52153.52%4,63344.92%1611.56%8888.60%10,315
Perry 2,58165.54%1,18730.14%1704.32%1,39435.40%3,938
Phillips 2,59832.76%5,20265.60%1301.64%-2,604-32.84%7,930
Pike 2,84775.16%85122.47%902.37%1,99652.69%3,788
Poinsett 4,97465.79%2,39031.61%1962.60%2,58434.18%7,560
Polk 5,95577.08%1,55620.14%2152.78%4,39956.94%7,726
Pope 14,76372.23%5,12625.08%5502.69%9,63747.15%20,439
Prairie 2,15368.55%88028.02%1083.43%1,27340.53%3,141
Pulaski 68,98443.28%87,24854.74%3,1491.98%-18,264-11.46%159,381
Randolph 3,70162.14%2,04634.35%2093.51%1,65527.79%5,956
St. Francis 3,36840.28%4,91058.72%841.00%-1,542-18.44%8,362
Saline 32,96370.04%12,86927.34%1,2302.62%20,09442.70%47,062
Scott 2,63172.28%89724.64%1123.08%1,73447.64%3,640
Searcy 2,69973.06%81422.04%1814.90%1,88551.02%3,694
Sebastian 29,16967.27%13,09230.19%1,1012.54%16,07737.08%43,362
Sevier 3,13672.42%1,04224.06%1523.52%2,09448.36%4,330
Sharp 4,92167.57%2,09228.72%2703.71%2,82938.85%7,283
Stone 3,77670.53%1,35625.33%2224.14%2,42045.20%5,354
Union 10,69962.29%6,19636.07%2821.64%4,50326.22%17,177
Van Buren 4,36567.88%1,83228.49%2333.63%2,53339.39%6,430
Washington 39,68856.33%28,23640.07%2,5363.60%11,45216.26%70,460
White 20,01175.47%5,76521.74%7382.79%14,24653.73%26,514
Woodruff 1,22745.70%1,34049.91%1184.39%-113-4.21%2,685
Yell 4,04267.66%1,72228.82%2103.52%2,32038.84%5,974
Totals647,74460.57%394,40936.88%27,3152.55%253,33523.69%1,069,468

By congressional district

Romney won all four of the state's congressional districts. [16]

DistrictRomneyObamaRepresentative
1st 60.98%36.33% Rick Crawford
2nd 54.75%42.9% Timothy Griffin
3rd 65.47%31.6% Steve Womack
4th 61.83%35.88% Tom Cotton

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The 2012 United States presidential election in Idaho took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Idaho voters chose four electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate, Vice President Joe Biden, against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate, Congressman Paul Ryan. Prior to the election, 17 news organizations considered this a state Romney would win, or otherwise considered as a safe red state. Romney and Ryan carried Idaho with 64.09% of the popular vote to Obama's and Biden's 32.40%, thus winning the state's four electoral votes. Romney's victory in Idaho made it his fourth strongest state in the 2012 election after Utah, Wyoming and Oklahoma. He improved on McCain's performance in 2008, expanding his margin from 25.3% to 31.69% and flipping Teton County which had previously voted for Obama.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2012 United States presidential election in Rhode Island</span>

The 2012 United States presidential election in Rhode Island took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Rhode Island voters chose four electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate, Vice President Joe Biden, against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate, Congressman Paul Ryan.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2012 United States presidential election in Tennessee</span>

The 2012 United States presidential election in Tennessee was held on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Tennessee voters chose 11 electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate, Vice President Joe Biden, against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate, Congressman Paul Ryan.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2012 United States presidential election in Texas</span>

The 2012 United States presidential election in Texas took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Texas voters chose 38 electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate, Vice President Joe Biden, against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate, Congressman Paul Ryan.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2012 United States presidential election in Utah</span>

The 2012 United States presidential election in Utah took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Utah voters chose six electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate, Vice President Joe Biden, against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate, Congressman Paul Ryan.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2012 United States presidential election in Kansas</span>

The 2012 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Kansas voters chose six electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate, Vice President Joe Biden, against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate, Congressman Paul Ryan. Romney and Ryan carried the state with 59.59 percent of the popular vote to Obama's and Biden's 38.00 percent, thus winning the state's six electoral votes.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2012 United States presidential election in Wisconsin</span>

The 2012 United States presidential election in Wisconsin took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Wisconsin voters chose 10 electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate, Vice President Joe Biden, against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate, Congressman Paul Ryan.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2012 United States presidential election in Alabama</span>

The 2012 United States presidential election in Alabama took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 general election, in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Alabama voters chose nine electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate, Vice President Joe Biden, against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate, Congressman Paul Ryan.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2012 United States presidential election in Alaska</span>

The 2012 United States presidential election in Alaska took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Alaska voters chose three electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate, Vice President Joe Biden, against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate, Congressman Paul Ryan.

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