1996 United States presidential election in Arkansas

none June 2025 September 2023 1996 United States presidential election 1996 United States presidential election in Arkansas Arkansas 1924 presidential no 1992 United States presidential election in Arkansas 1992 2000 United States presidential election in Arkansas 2000 November 5, 1996 47% (VAP)Liep Dave 1996 Presidential General Election Data https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/ US Election Atlas 11 July 2024 February 22, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110222105145/http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/ live x160px Bill Clinton.jpg Bill Clinton Democratic Party (United States) Arkansas Al Gore 6 475,171 53.74% Ks 1996 dole (cropped).jpg Bob Dole Republican Party (United States) Kansas Jack Kemp 0 325,416 36.80% RossPerotColor.jpg Ross Perot Reform Party (United States) Texas Pat Choate 0 69,884 7.90% 250px County results 250px Congressional district results Clinton #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% Dole #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% President Bill Clinton Democratic Party (United States) Bill Clinton Democratic Party (United States) 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. Arkansas, incumbent President Bill Clinton's home state, was won by Clinton by a 17% margin of victory.http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1996&fips=5&f=1&off=0&elect=0 1996 Presidential General Election Results – Arkansas Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas January 21, 2012 December 3, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081203033346/http://www.uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1996&fips=5&f=1&off=0&elect=0 live 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. Arkansas is the only state in the country to deliver any candidate an absolute majority of its popular vote in both this election and 1992. 2024 11 As of the 2024 presidential election, this remains the last time a Democratic nominee carried the state. Since then, Arkansas has shifted sharply toward the Republican Party, transforming from a Democratic stronghold into one of the most reliably Republican states in the country. In fact, the state shifted rightward from the previous presidential election by under 1%, thereby beginning Arkansas's ongoing rightward shift in every subsequent presidential race. This is also the last time a Democrat managed to flip any county in Arkansas. 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.Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’ https://web.archive.org/web/20161116163625/http://www.americamagazine.org/content/unconventional-wisdom/how-red-and-blue-map-evolved-over-past-century November 16, 2016 ; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016 Among white voters, 49% supported Clinton, while 41% supported Dole. 9% supported Perot.https://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/ARPxp.html Arkansas President Exit Poll Results CNN November 6, 1996 October 5, 2026 Primary elections Primary results were on May 21, 1996. Democratic primary 1996 Arkansas Democratic PrimaryWinger Richard Ballot Access News -- March 6, 1996 https://transition.fec.gov/pubrec/fe1996/presprim.htm#ok Ballot Access News 27 June 2023CandidateVotes%Bill Clinton236,547 78.75%Uncommitted30,41610.12%Lyndon LaRouche20,4016.79%Elvena Lloyd-Duffie13,0254.34%Total343,203 100.00% Results 1996 United States presidential election in ArkansasPartyCandidateRunning mateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Bill Clinton (incumbent) Al Gore (incumbent) 475,171 53.74% 6 Republican Robert Dole Jack Kemp 325,416 36.80% 0 Reform Ross Perot Patrick Choate 69,884 7.90% 0 Green Coalition Ralph Nader Winona LaDuke 3,649 0.41% 0 Libertarian Harry Browne Jo Jorgensen 3,076 0.35% 0 U.S. Taxpayers' Party AR Howard Phillips Herbert Titus 2,065 0.23% 0 America First Justice Ralph Forbes Andy Anderson 932 0.11% 0 Independent Charles Collins Rosemary Giumarra 823 0.09% 0 Looking Back Isabell Masters Shirley Masters 749 0.08% 0 Workers World Party Monica Moorehead Gloria La Riva 747 0.08% 0 Natural Law Dr. John Hagelin Dr. V. Tompkins 729 0.08% 0 Socialist AR Mary Cal Hollis Eric Chester 538 0.06% 0 Prohibition Earl Dodge Rachel Kelly 483 0.05% 0 Results by county County Bill ClintonDemocratic Bob DoleRepublican Ross PerotReform Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % Arkansas 4,220 63.00% 1,910 28.52% 463 6.91% 105 1.57% 2,310 34.48% 6,698 Ashley 5,011 60.51% 2,428 29.32% 704 8.50% 138 1.67% 2,583 31.19% 8,281 Baxter 6,703 43.23% 6,877 44.35% 1,572 10.14% 353 2.28% -174 -1.12% 15,505 Benton 17,205 37.59% 23,748 51.89% 4,147 9.06% 668 1.46% -6,543 -14.30% 45,768 Boone 5,745 43.32% 6,093 45.94% 1,132 8.54% 292 2.20% -348 -2.62% 13,262 Bradley 2,566 64.67% 1,146 28.88% 221 5.57% 35 0.88% 1,420 35.79% 3,968 Calhoun 1,306 56.98% 727 31.72% 237 10.34% 22 0.96% 579 25.26% 2,292 Carroll 3,689 41.81% 3,957 44.85% 986 11.18% 191 2.16% -268 -3.04% 8,823 Chicot 3,090 70.26% 1,056 24.01% 233 5.30% 19 0.43% 2,034 46.25% 4,398 Clark 5,281 65.02% 2,112 26.00% 567 6.98% 162 1.99% 3,169 39.02% 8,122 Clay 3,848 65.63% 1,512 25.79% 464 7.91% 39 0.67% 2,336 39.84% 5,863 Cleburne 4,475 47.28% 3,807 40.23% 1,021 10.79% 161 1.70% 668 7.05% 9,464 Cleveland 1,741 57.57% 990 32.74% 268 8.86% 25 0.83% 751 24.83% 3,024 Columbia 4,730 52.66% 3,376 37.59% 678 7.55% 198 2.20% 1,354 15.07% 8,982 Conway 4,055 55.69% 2,307 31.68% 746 10.24% 174 2.39% 1,748 24.01% 7,282 Craighead 13,284 54.04% 9,210 37.47% 1,778 7.23% 310 1.26% 4,074 16.57% 24,582 Crawford 6,749 42.68% 7,182 45.42% 1,683 10.64% 200 1.26% -433 -2.74% 15,814 Crittenden 8,415 59.11% 4,673 32.83% 554 3.89% 594 4.17% 3,742 26.28% 14,236 Cross 3,631 58.94% 2,000 32.47% 466 7.56% 63 1.02% 1,631 26.47% 6,160 Dallas 2,118 61.66% 1,041 30.31% 236 6.87% 40 1.16% 1,077 31.35% 3,435 Desha 3,230 70.94% 978 21.48% 247 5.42% 98 2.15% 2,252 49.46% 4,553 Drew 3,570 62.91% 1,657 29.20% 395 6.96% 53 0.93% 1,913 33.71% 5,675 Faulkner 12,032 49.88% 10,178 42.19% 1,528 6.33% 385 1.60% 1,854 7.69% 24,123 Franklin 3,269 52.83% 2,246 36.30% 626 10.12% 47 0.76% 1,023 16.53% 6,188 Fulton 2,361 55.91% 1,351 31.99% 455 10.77% 56 1.33% 1,010 23.92% 4,223 Garland 19,211 53.06% 13,662 37.73% 2,769 7.65% 564 1.56% 5,549 15.33% 36,206 Grant 2,948 53.25% 1,925 34.77% 557 10.06% 106 1.91% 1,023 18.48% 5,536 Greene 6,622 57.61% 3,757 32.68% 1,014 8.82% 102 0.89% 2,865 24.93% 11,495 Hempstead 4,983 65.99% 2,021 26.76% 501 6.63% 46 0.61% 2,962 39.23% 7,551 Hot Spring 6,002 59.10% 2,864 28.20% 1,123 11.06% 166 1.63% 3,138 30.90% 10,155 Howard 2,741 59.18% 1,478 31.91% 369 7.97% 44 0.95% 1,263 27.27% 4,632 Independence 6,240 53.66% 4,021 34.58% 1,126 9.68% 241 2.07% 2,219 19.08% 11,628 Izard 2,818 55.11% 1,678 32.82% 541 10.58% 76 1.49% 1,140 22.29% 5,113 Jackson 4,304 66.22% 1,525 23.46% 611 9.40% 60 0.92% 2,779 42.76% 6,500 Jefferson 19,701 71.18% 6,330 22.87% 1,284 4.64% 362 1.31% 13,371 48.31% 27,677 Johnson 3,585 52.47% 2,367 34.64% 757 11.08% 124 1.81% 1,218 17.83% 6,833 Lafayette 2,466 64.14% 971 25.25% 374 9.73% 34 0.88% 1,495 38.89% 3,845 Lawrence 3,652 59.47% 1,823 29.69% 609 9.92% 57 0.93% 1,829 29.78% 6,141 Lee 3,267 71.75% 1,013 22.25% 257 5.64% 16 0.35% 2,254 49.50% 4,553 Lincoln 2,517 68.62% 907 24.73% 221 6.03% 23 0.63% 1,610 43.89% 3,668 Little River 3,183 62.27% 1,409 27.56% 480 9.39% 40 0.78% 1,774 34.71% 5,112 Logan 3,832 47.89% 2,966 37.07% 1,048 13.10% 156 1.95% 866 10.82% 8,002 Lonoke 8,049 50.13% 6,414 39.95% 1,369 8.53% 224 1.40% 1,635 10.18% 16,056 Madison 2,504 46.76% 2,303 43.01% 461 8.61% 87 1.62% 201 3.75% 5,355 Marion 2,735 44.65% 2,312 37.75% 764 12.47% 314 5.13% 423 6.90% 6,125 Miller 6,469 51.73% 4,874 38.97% 1,043 8.34% 120 0.96% 1,595 12.76% 12,506 Mississippi 8,301 62.19% 3,919 29.36% 1,016 7.61% 111 0.83% 4,382 32.83% 13,347 Monroe 2,247 64.98% 973 28.14% 202 5.84% 36 1.04% 1,274 36.84% 3,458 Montgomery 1,830 52.89% 1,137 32.86% 427 12.34% 66 1.91% 693 20.03% 3,460 Nevada 2,279 62.44% 976 26.74% 345 9.45% 50 1.37% 1,303 35.70% 3,650 Newton 1,631 39.26% 1,927 46.39% 498 11.99% 98 2.36% -296 -7.13% 4,154 Ouachita 6,635 62.54% 3,136 29.56% 733 6.91% 105 0.99% 3,499 32.98% 10,609 Perry 1,873 53.79% 1,143 32.83% 395 11.34% 71 2.04% 730 20.96% 3,482 Phillips 5,715 66.69% 2,205 25.73% 461 5.38% 189 2.21% 3,510 40.96% 8,570 Pike 2,362 55.41% 1,401 32.86% 441 10.34% 59 1.38% 961 22.55% 4,263 Poinsett 4,686 63.09% 2,034 27.39% 647 8.71% 60 0.81% 2,652 35.70% 7,427 Polk 2,824 42.28% 2,852 42.70% 876 13.12% 127 1.90% -28 -0.42% 6,679 Pope 8,433 44.76% 8,243 43.75% 1,891 10.04% 273 1.45% 190 1.01% 18,840 Prairie 2,211 61.85% 1,025 28.67% 305 8.53% 34 0.95% 1,186 33.18% 3,575 Pulaski 75,084 58.78% 44,780 35.06% 6,014 4.71% 1,855 1.45% 30,304 23.72% 127,733 Randolph 3,213 57.04% 1,789 31.76% 561 9.96% 70 1.24% 1,424 25.28% 5,633 St. Francis 5,562 64.35% 2,523 29.19% 506 5.85% 53 0.61% 3,039 35.16% 8,644 Saline 14,027 48.90% 11,695 40.77% 2,612 9.11% 351 1.22% 2,332 8.13% 28,685 Scott 2,259 52.57% 1,426 33.19% 513 11.94% 99 2.30% 833 19.38% 4,297 Searcy 1,669 42.05% 1,786 45.00% 381 9.60% 133 3.35% -117 -2.95% 3,969 Sebastian 15,514 43.89% 16,482 46.63% 2,899 8.20% 451 1.28% -968 -2.74% 35,346 Sevier 2,553 57.69% 1,379 31.16% 446 10.08% 47 1.06% 1,174 26.53% 4,425 Sharp 3,573 51.26% 2,635 37.80% 687 9.86% 75 1.08% 938 13.46% 6,970 Stone 2,227 50.15% 1,526 34.36% 579 13.04% 109 2.45% 701 15.79% 4,441 Union 8,373 52.53% 6,053 37.97% 1,073 6.73% 441 2.77% 2,320 14.56% 15,940 Van Buren 3,521 51.77% 2,345 34.48% 830 12.20% 105 1.54% 1,176 17.29% 6,801 Washington 20,419 46.44% 19,476 44.30% 3,133 7.13% 939 2.14% 943 2.14% 43,967 White 10,204 48.61% 8,659 41.25% 1,828 8.71% 300 1.43% 1,545 7.36% 20,991 Woodruff 2,044 71.67% 598 20.97% 186 6.52% 24 0.84% 1,446 50.70% 2,852 Yell 3,749 56.43% 2,111 31.77% 714 10.75% 70 1.05% 1,638 24.66% 6,644Totals475,17153.74%325,41636.80%69,8847.90%13,7911.56%149,75516.94%884,262 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Baxter Boone Carroll Newton Polk Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Pope By congressional district Clinton won three of four congressional districts, including one that elected a Republican.1996 United States Presidential Election, Results by Congressional District https://www.arcgis.com/apps/instant/minimalist/index.html?appid=8e2e60635cfb4339b1aa33cc7ff0a106 February 6, 2025 Western Washington University District Clinton Dole Perot RepresentativeArkansas 1 1st58%33%8%Blanche Lincoln (104th Congress)Marion Berry (105th Congress)Arkansas 2 2nd55%37%7%Ray Thornton (104th Congress)Vic Snyder (105th Congress)Arkansas 3 3rd44%45%9%Tim Hutchinson (104th Congress)Asa Hutchinson (105th Congress)Arkansas 4 4th 60% 31% 8%Jay Dickey See also United States presidential elections in Arkansas Presidency of Bill Clinton References Category:1996 Arkansas elections Arkansas 1996