2016 Arkansas Republican presidential primary

none May 2020 June 2025 September 2023 2016 Arkansas Republican presidential primary Arkansas presidential no 2012 United States presidential election in Arkansas#Republican primary 2012 2020 Arkansas Republican presidential primary 2020 AL GA 2016 03 01 Donald Trump by Gage Skidmore 10 (cropped).jpg 160x160px Donald Trump 283681 New York 16 134,744 32.79% Ted Cruz by Gage Skidmore 10 (cropped).jpg Ted Cruz d4aa00 Texas 15 125,340 30.50% Marco Rubio by Gage Skidmore 8 (cropped).jpg Marco Rubio c60e3b Florida 9 101,910 24.80% Ben Carson by Skidmore with lighting correction (cropped).jpg Ben Carson 98d5e9 Virginia 0 23,521 5.72% 2016 AR GOP Presidential primary.svg 210px County results #283681 Donald J. Trump#9EA8E1 30–40%#7786D5 40–50%#5063C9 50–60%#D4AA00 Ted Cruz#FFE680 30–40% #FFDC4D 40–50%#C60E3B Marco Rubio#F788A3 30–40% 40 pledged delegates to the Republican National Convention The 2016 Arkansas Republican presidential primary was won by Donald Trump with a plurality 32.8% support over Senator Ted Cruz, who competed heavily in Arkansas and hailed from neighboring Texas, with 30.5% support. While Marco Rubio earned the endorsement of Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson,Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson Endorses Marco Rubio Marco Rubio for President https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN7PcT8BRK0 en 2022-06-11 Ted Cruz competed aggressively with Trump for the state's Evangelical base.Lipka Michael A closer look at religion in the Super Tuesday states https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/02/25/a-closer-look-at-religion-in-the-super-tuesday-states/ 2022-06-11 Pew Research Center en-US Twelve candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot.Candidates file for Arkansas primaries - News - The Sun-Times - Heber Springs, AR - Heber Springs, AR http://www.thesuntimes.com/article/20151110/news/151119947 https://web.archive.org/web/20151116010813/http://www.thesuntimes.com/article/20151110/NEWS/151119947 dead November 16, 2015 James Jackson 2015-11-10 The Sun-Times 2016-01-21Washington County, AR : March 1, 2016 Republican Preferential Primary Sample Ballots https://www.co.washington.ar.us/index.aspx?page=758 Co.washington.ar.us dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160129221959/https://www.co.washington.ar.us/index.aspx?page=758 January 29, 2016 2016-01-21 Polling Aggregate polls +Source of poll aggregationDates administeredDates updatedMarco RubioRepublicanDonald TrumpRepublicanTed CruzRepublicanMarginFiveThirtyEightFiveThirtyEightuntil March 1, 2016March 1, 201621.6%35.1%28.3%35.1Trump +6.8 Poll sourceDate1st2nd3rdOtherPrimary resultsPrimary resultsMarch 1, 2016Donald Trump32.79%Ted Cruz30.50%Marco Rubio24.80%Ben Carson 5.72%, John Kasich 3.72%, Mike Huckabee 1.17%, Jeb Bush 0.58%, Rand Paul 0.28%, Chris Christie 0.15%, Carly Fiorina 0.10%, Rick Santorum 0.07%, Lindsey Graham 0.06%, Bobby Jindal 0.04%SurveyMonkeyhttps://www.surveymonkey.com/blog/2016/02/29/trumps-lead-looks-solid-in-run-up-to-super-tuesday/ Trump's Lead Looks Steady in Run-Up to Super Tuesday SurveyMonkey 1 March 2016 March 12, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160312144610/https://www.surveymonkey.com/blog/2016/02/29/trumps-lead-looks-solid-in-run-up-to-super-tuesday/ dead Margin of error: ± ?% Sample size: 542February 22–29, 2016Donald J. Trump34%Ted Cruz 27%Marco Rubio 20%Ben Carson 8%, John Kasich 4%, Undecided 6%Talk Business/HendrixPoll: Hillary Clinton, Ted Cruz hold leads in Democratic, Republican Presidential primaries http://talkbusiness.net/2016/02/poll-hillary-clinton-ted-cruz-hold-leads-in-democratic-gop-presidential-primaries/ February 7, 2016 Margin of error: ± ?% Sample size: 457February 4, 2016Ted Cruz27% Marco Rubio23%Donald J. Trump23%Ben Carson 11%, Carly Fiorina 4%, John Kasich 4%, Jeb Bush 1%, Chris Christie 1%, Don't Know 6%Opinion Savvy/Insider AdvantageOpinion Savvy/Insider Advantage Margin of error: ± 4.7% Sample size: 428August 2, 2015Donald J. Trump25.5%Mike Huckabee21.4%Jeb Bush 9.2%Ted Cruz 8.7%, Ben Carson 8.2%, Scott Walker 4.2%, Rand Paul 3.8%, John Kasich 3.1%, Marco Rubio 2.9%, Chris Christie 2.4%, Rick Perry 1.5%, Carly Fiorina 1.3%, Bobby Jindal 1.3%, Lindsey Graham 0.7%, Rick Santorum 0.3%, George Pataki 0%, Someone else 2.2%, Undecided 3.2%Suffolk UniversitySuffolk University https://web.archive.org/web/20140925010744/http://www.suffolk.edu/documents/SUPRC/9_24_2014_marginals.pdf September 25, 2014 Margin of error: ± 7.5% Sample size: 171September 20–23, 2014Mike Huckabee39.27%Rick Perry 8.38%Ted Cruz 7.33%Rand Paul 6.28%, Jeb Bush 4.71%, Chris Christie 4.71%, Marco Rubio 4.71%, Paul Ryan 3.14%, Bobby Jindal 2.62%, Rick Santorum 2.09%, Jon Huntsman Jr. 1.57%, Scott Walker 1.57%, John Kasich 1.05%, Other 2.09%, Undecided 10.47%Mitt Romney32.75%Mike Huckabee29.24%Ted Cruz 6.43%Rick Perry 6.43%, Chris Christie 2.92%, Rand Paul 2.92%, Paul Ryan 2.34%, Jon Huntsman Jr. 1.75%, Marco Rubio 1.75%, Jeb Bush 1.17%, Rick Santorum 0.58%, Scott Walker 0.58%, Bobby Jindal 0%, John Kasich 0% Undecided 11.11%Public Policy PollingPublic Policy Polling Margin of error: ± 4.5% Sample size: 479August 1–3, 2014Mike Huckabee33%Ted Cruz 12%Jeb Bush 10%Chris Christie 8%, Rand Paul 7%, Scott Walker 6%, Bobby Jindal 5%, Marco Rubio 4%, Paul Ryan 3%, Someone else/Not sure 11%Public Policy PollingPublic Policy Polling Margin of error: ± 5.4% Sample size: 342April 25–27, 2014Mike Huckabee38%Ted Cruz 14%Rand Paul 13%Jeb Bush 10%, Chris Christie 4%, Bobby Jindal 3%, Marco Rubio 3%, Paul Ryan 3%, Cliven Bundy 2%, Someone else/Not sure 10%Magellan StrategiesMagellan Strategies Margin of error: ± 3.35% Sample size: 857April 14–15, 2014Mike Huckabee57%Rand Paul 9%Jeb Bush 8%Chris Christie 6%, Ted Cruz 6%, Marco Rubio 5%, John Kasich 2%, Scott Walker 1%, Undecided 7% Results Analysis According to exit polls by Edison Research, Donald J. Trump carried 39% of non-college Republican voters in Arkansas.2016 Election Center https://www.cnn.com/election/2016/primaries/polls/AR/Rep 2022-06-11 CNN en Trump also won with 39% of veterans, a key demographic for Republican candidates in the South. Cruz and Trump split Evangelical voters with 33% each, which gave way to a close statewide result in the primary. Many pundits were perplexed by Trump's dominance among culturally conservative Southern whites who were expected to view him as immoral, but he benefitted from voters' racial, cultural, and economic angst that mattered more than shared values.Maxwell Angie 2020-12-30 Why Trump Became a ‘Confederate’ President https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/for-2020-2107/html?lang=en The Forum en 18 4 493–529 10.1515/for-2020-2107 1540-8884 subscription The week before the primary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, daughter of former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, joined Donald J. Trump's campaign.Mike Huckabee's Daughter Joins Donald J. Trump's Campaign https://time.com/4237825/donald-trump-sarah-huckabee-campaign/ 2022-06-30 Time en See also 2016 Arkansas Democratic presidential primary References Arkansas Republican primary Category:March 2016 in the United States Category:Arkansas Republican primaries