How Arkansas has voted since 1960
Arkansas has 6 electoral votes in 2028. Since 1960 it has voted Democratic 5 times, Republican 11 times and for a third-party candidate once. It has backed the national winner in 13 of 17 elections. Donald Trump carried it in 2024 by 30.6 points, 29.2 points more Republican than the nation. In 2024, 54.1% of its eligible voters cast a ballot, ranking 49th among the 50 states and DC (nationally, 64.3%). It has voted Republican in every election since 2000. Its closest result was in 1980, when Ronald Reagan won it by 0.6 points.
- 1960Kennedy+7.1
- 1964Johnson+12.7
- 1968Wallace+7.6
- 1972Nixon+38.1
- 1976Carter+30.1
- 1980Reagan+0.6
- 1984Reagan+22.2
- 1988Bush+14.2
- 1992Clinton+17.7
- 1996Clinton+16.9
- 2000Bush+5.5
- 2004Bush+9.8
- 2008McCain+19.9
- 2012Romney+23.7
- 2016Trump+26.9
- 2020Trump+27.6
- 2024Trump+30.6
Each box is one election: the winner in Arkansas and the margin in points. Darker boxes were won by 10 points or more, lighter by under 5.
Election night
8:30 p.m. ET
Polls close at 8:30 p.m. ET (7:30 p.m. Central).
Times from the 2024 general election; states rarely change them, and they will be confirmed for 2028.
2028 ratings
- Safe R Electoral Vote Map Sept. 28, 2026
In Congress
Senate
- John Boozman (R) since 2011
- Tom Cotton (R) since 2015
House: 4 Republicans
All 4 members
- 1 Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R)
- 2 J. French Hill (R)
- 3 Steve Womack (R)
- 4 Bruce Westerman (R)
From Congress.gov, as of Oct. 19, 2026. Vacant seats are not listed.
Margin by election
Arkansas margin National popular vote
By county
Donald Trump won 68 of Arkansas' 75 counties in 2024; Kamala Harris won 7.
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Largest counties, 2024
| County | Votes | Margin | Shift from 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulaski County | 153,924 | D+22.1 | →D 16.5 |
| Benton County | 128,595 | R+27.0 | →R 20.4 |
| Washington County | 97,158 | R+6.7 | →R 5.7 |
| Saline County | 57,609 | R+40.1 | →R 29.8 |
| Faulkner County | 54,465 | R+32.3 | →R 24.9 |
| Sebastian County | 45,452 | R+37.5 | →R 28.7 |
| Garland County | 42,327 | R+36.3 | →R 27.8 |
| Craighead County | 37,242 | R+37.4 | →R 28.6 |
| White County | 30,837 | R+61.2 | →R 46.5 |
| Lonoke County | 30,620 | R+53.7 | →R 40.5 |
Biggest shifts from 2020 to 2024: toward the Republican, Pike County (56.2), Scott County (56.1), Searcy County (54.9); toward the Democrat, Pulaski County (16.5), Jefferson County (14.6), Phillips County (8.5) — in points of margin.
County returns from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (official state data), 2000–2024. Margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's, of all votes cast.
Results by year
| Year | Winner | Democrat | Republican | Other | Margin | Nation | Turnout | EV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Donald TrumpTrump | Harris 33.6%396,905 | Trump 64.2%759,241 | 2.2% | R+30.6 | R+1.5 | 54.1% | 6 |
| 2020 | Donald TrumpTrump lost | Biden 34.8%423,932 | Trump 62.4%760,647 | 2.8% | R+27.6 | D+4.5 | 56.2% | 6 |
| 2016 | Donald TrumpTrump | Clinton 33.7%380,494 | Trump 60.6%684,872 | 5.8% | R+26.9 | D+2.1 | 53.1% | 6 |
| 2012 | Mitt RomneyRomney lost | Obama 36.9%394,409 | Romney 60.6%647,744 | 2.6% | R+23.7 | D+3.9 | 51.1% | 6 |
| 2008 | John McCainMcCain lost | Obama 38.9%422,310 | McCain 58.7%638,017 | 2.4% | R+19.9 | D+7.3 | 52.9% | 6 |
| 2004 | George W. BushBush | Kerry 44.6%469,953 | Bush 54.3%572,898 | 1.1% | R+9.8 | R+2.5 | 54.3% | 6 |
| 2000 | George W. BushBush | Gore 45.9%422,768 | Bush 51.3%472,940 | 2.8% | R+5.5 | D+0.5 | 48.0% | 6 |
| 1996 | Bill ClintonClinton | Clinton 53.7%475,171 | Dole 36.8%325,416 | Perot 7.9% | D+16.9 | D+8.5 | 47.9% | 6 |
| 1992 | Bill ClintonClinton | Clinton 53.2%505,823 | Bush 35.5%337,324 | Perot 10.4% | D+17.7 | D+5.6 | 54.3% | 6 |
| 1988 | George H.W. BushBush | Dukakis 42.2%349,237 | Bush 56.4%466,578 | 1.4% | R+14.2 | R+7.7 | 49.0% | 6 |
| 1984 | Ronald ReaganReagan | Mondale 38.3%338,646 | Reagan 60.5%534,774 | 1.2% | R+22.2 | R+18.2 | 53.0% | 6 |
| 1980 | Ronald ReaganReagan | Carter 47.5%398,041 | Reagan 48.1%403,164 | 4.4% | R+0.6 | R+9.7 | 52.0% | 6 |
| 1976 | Jimmy CarterCarter | Carter 65.0%498,604 | Ford 34.9%267,903 | 0.1% | D+30.1 | D+2.1 | — | 6 |
| 1972 | Richard NixonNixon | McGovern 30.7% | Nixon 68.8% | 0.5% | R+38.1 | R+23.2 | — | 6 |
| 1968 | George WallaceWallace lost | Humphrey 30.3% | Nixon 31.0% | Wallace 38.7% | R+0.7 | R+0.7 | — | 6 |
| 1964 | Lyndon B. JohnsonJohnson | Johnson 56.1% | Goldwater 43.4% | 0.5% | D+12.7 | D+22.6 | — | 6 |
| 1960 | John F. KennedyKennedy | Kennedy 50.2% | Nixon 43.1% | 6.8% | D+7.1 | D+0.2 | — | 8 |
Margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's, in percentage points; Nation is the same for the national popular vote. "Other" is everyone else combined, or the leading third-party candidate where one took 5% or more. Vote counts from 1976. Turnout is ballots cast as a share of eligible voters, from 1980 (UF Election Lab; the newest year is preliminary).
Electoral votes
Electoral votes change after each census, when House seats are reapportioned.
- 819601950 census
- 61964–19681960 census
- 61972–19801970 census
- 61984–19881980 census
- 61992–20001990 census
- 62004–20082000 census
- 62012–20202010 census
- 62024–20282020 census
- 62032–2040projected
Projected: Arkansas's share of House seats after the 2030 census if each state's population keeps changing at its pace since 2020, from the Census Bureau's 2024 American Community Survey population estimates (July 1, 2024). If the count were taken today it would have 6. An estimate, not a forecast.
Before 1960
Arkansas cast electoral votes in 29 presidential elections before 1960, the first in 1836. It backed the eventual president in 14 of them. It cast no electoral votes in 1864 and 1872.
| Year | Carried by | Electors | Margin | Backed winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Adlai Stevenson Democratic | 8 | +6.8 | – |
| 1952 | Adlai Stevenson Democratic | 8 | +12.2 | – |
| 1948 | Harry S. Truman Democratic | 9 | +41.0 | ✓ |
| 1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic | 9 | +40.2 | ✓ |
| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic | 9 | +58.0 | ✓ |
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic | 9 | +64.2 | ✓ |
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic | 9 | +73.9 | ✓ |
| 1928 | Al Smith Democratic | 9 | +21.0 | – |
| 1924 | John W. Davis Democratic | 9 | +31.9 | – |
| 1920 | James M. Cox Democratic | 9 | +20.3 | – |
| 1916 | Woodrow Wilson Democratic | 9 | +40.8 | ✓ |
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson Democratic | 9 | +34.8 | ✓ |
| 1908 | William Jennings Bryan Democratic | 9 | +21.1 | – |
| 1904 | Alton B. Parker Democratic | 9 | +15.9 | – |
| 1900 | William Jennings Bryan Democratic | 8 | +28.9 | – |
| 1896 | William Jennings Bryan Democratic-Populist | 8 | +49.2 | – |
| 1892 | Grover Cleveland Democratic | 8 | +27.8 | ✓ |
| 1888 | Grover Cleveland Democratic | 7 | +18.0 | – |
| 1884 | Grover Cleveland Democratic | 7 | +17.4 | ✓ |
| 1880 | Winfield S. Hancock Democratic | 6 | +17.8 | – |
| 1876 | Samuel J. Tilden Democratic | 6 | +20.1 | – |
| 1868 | Ulysses S. Grant Republican | 5 | +7.4 | ✓ |
| 1860 | John C. Breckinridge Southern Democratic | 4 | +16.0 | – |
| 1856 | James Buchanan Democratic | 4 | +34.2 | ✓ |
| 1852 | Franklin Pierce Democratic | 4 | +24.4 | ✓ |
| 1848 | Lewis Cass Democratic | 3 | +10.1 | – |
| 1844 | James K. Polk Democratic | 3 | +26.0 | ✓ |
| 1840 | Martin Van Buren Democratic | 3 | +12.8 | – |
| 1836 | Martin Van Buren Democratic | 3 | +28.2 | ✓ |
Margin: the winner's lead over the runner-up in the state's popular vote, in points. A dash means the legislature chose the electors (common before the 1830s) or no popular vote is on record. Each year links to that election's map and full results.