 | |
| Number of elections | 47 |
|---|---|
| Voted Democratic | 32 |
| Voted Republican | 13 |
| Voted other | 2[a] |
| Voted for winning candidate | 28 |
| Voted for losing candidate | 19 |
| Elections in Arkansas |
|---|
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Arkansas is a state in the South Central region of the United States.[1] Since its admission to the Union in June 1836, it has participated in 46 United States presidential elections. In the realigning 1860 election, Arkansas was one of the ten slave states that did not provide ballot access to the Republican nominee, Abraham Lincoln.[2] Subsequently, John C. Breckinridge won the state by a comfortable margin, becoming the first third party candidate to win Arkansas.[3] Soon after this election, Arkansas seceded from the Union and joined the Confederacy.[4] Following the secession, Arkansas did not participate in the 1864 presidential election.[5] After the Civil War, Arkansas was readmitted to the Union in 1868.[6] In the 1872 election, all six of Arkansas's electoral votes were invalidated due to various irregularities including allegations of electoral fraud.[7]
Until 1964, Arkansas was considered a stronghold state for the Democratic Party, which usually carried the state by huge margins; however, recent political realignment has led to the dominance of the Republican Party.[8] In the 1968 presidential election, American Independent Party candidate George Wallace became the second third-party presidential candidate to win Arkansas.[9] Arkansas was the only state in the 1992 presidential election to be won by a majority of the popular vote;[10] Bill Clinton, its governor at the time, won Arkansas with 53.21 percent of the vote.[11] Since Clinton won re-election in 1996, however, the state has voted consistently for the Republican Party.[12]
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- ^ "The South". Encyclopedia Britannica. June 30, 2021. Archived from the original on July 11, 2021. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
- ^ Burlingame, Michael (4 October 2016). "Abraham Lincoln: Campaign and Elections". Miller Center. Archived from the original on November 21, 2016. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
- ^ Guide to U.S. Elections 2010, p. 764.
- ^ "The Secession of Arkansas". The New York Times. June 8, 1861. Archived from the original on September 24, 2018. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
- ^ Guide to U.S. Elections 2010, p. 765.
- ^ "Reuniting the Union: A Chronology". Digital History. Archived from the original on July 13, 2021. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
- ^ "A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774 – 1875". Journal of the Senate of the United States of America. 68: 344–345. February 12, 1873. Archived from the original on June 14, 2020. Retrieved July 11, 2021 – via Library of Congress.
- ^ Schreckhise, William D.; Parry, Janine A.; Schields, Todd G. (2001). "Rising Republicanism in Arkansas Electorate? A Characterization of Arkansas' Political Attitudes and Participation Rates" (PDF). The Midsouth Political Science Review. 5. The Arkansas Political Science Association: 1–16. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 17, 2021. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
- ^ Leip, David. "1968 Presidential General Election Results – Arkansas". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on February 25, 2021. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
- ^ Guide to U.S. Elections 2010, p. 797.
- ^ Leip, David. "1992 Presidential General Election Results – Arkansas". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on May 1, 2021. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
- ^ Liep, Dave. "Presidential General Election Graph Comparison – Arkansas". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on July 11, 2021. Retrieved July 11, 2021.