Elections in Arkansas
# Elections in Arkansas

Elections in Arkansas :

Federal government

Presidential elections

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Presidential primaries

Democratic

2004

2008

2012

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2024

Republican

2008

2012

2016

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2024

U.S. Senate elections

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2028

U.S. House of Representatives elections

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State government

State elections

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Gubernatorial elections

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2010

2014

2018

2022

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Lieutenant gubernatorial elections

2022

Secretary of State elections

2022

Attorney General elections

2022

Treasurer elections

2022

Senate elections

2020

2022

House of Representatives elections

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2022 :

Ballot measures

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Amendment 3

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Amendment 3

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Act 1

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Issue 1

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Issue 5 :

Little Rock

Mayoral elections

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United States presidential election results for Arkansas :

| Year | Republican / Whig | Republican / Whig | Democratic | Democratic | Third party | Third party |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Year | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % |
| 2020 | 760,647 | 62.40% | 423,932 | 34.78% | 34,490 | 2.83% |
| 2016 | 684,872 | 60.57% | 380,494 | 33.65% | 65,310 | 5.78% |
| 2012 | 647,744 | 60.57% | 394,409 | 36.88% | 27,315 | 2.55% |
| 2008 | 638,017 | 58.72% | 422,310 | 38.86% | 26,290 | 2.42% |
| 2004 | 572,898 | 54.31% | 469,953 | 44.55% | 12,094 | 1.15% |
| 2000 | 472,940 | 51.31% | 422,768 | 45.86% | 26,073 | 2.83% |
| 1996 | 325,416 | 36.80% | 475,171 | 53.74% | 83,675 | 9.46% |
| 1992 | 337,324 | 35.48% | 505,823 | 53.21% | 107,506 | 11.31% |
| 1988 | 466,578 | 56.37% | 349,237 | 42.19% | 11,923 | 1.44% |
| 1984 | 534,774 | 60.47% | 338,646 | 38.29% | 10,986 | 1.24% |
| 1980 | 403,164 | 48.13% | 398,041 | 47.52% | 36,377 | 4.34% |
| 1976 | 268,753 | 34.93% | 499,614 | 64.94% | 1,029 | 0.13% |
| 1972 | 445,751 | 68.82% | 198,899 | 30.71% | 3,016 | 0.47% |
| 1968 | 189,062 | 31.01% | 184,901 | 30.33% | 235,627 | 38.65% |
| 1964 | 243,264 | 43.41% | 314,197 | 56.06% | 2,965 | 0.53% |
| 1960 | 184,508 | 43.06% | 215,049 | 50.19% | 28,952 | 6.76% |
| 1956 | 186,287 | 45.82% | 213,277 | 52.46% | 7,008 | 1.72% |
| 1952 | 177,155 | 43.76% | 226,300 | 55.90% | 1,345 | 0.33% |
| 1948 | 50,959 | 21.02% | 149,659 | 61.72% | 41,857 | 17.26% |
| 1944 | 63,551 | 29.84% | 148,965 | 69.95% | 438 | 0.21% |
| 1940 | 42,121 | 20.98% | 158,622 | 79.02% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1936 | 32,039 | 17.86% | 146,765 | 81.80% | 619 | 0.34% |
| 1932 | 28,467 | 12.91% | 189,602 | 85.96% | 2,493 | 1.13% |
| 1928 | 77,751 | 39.33% | 119,196 | 60.29% | 746 | 0.38% |
| 1924 | 40,564 | 29.28% | 84,795 | 61.21% | 13,173 | 9.51% |
| 1920 | 71,117 | 38.73% | 107,409 | 58.49% | 5,111 | 2.78% |
| 1916 | 48,879 | 28.73% | 112,211 | 65.97% | 9,014 | 5.30% |
| 1912 | 25,585 | 20.45% | 68,814 | 55.01% | 30,705 | 24.54% |
| 1908 | 56,624 | 37.30% | 87,015 | 57.31% | 8,183 | 5.39% |
| 1904 | 46,860 | 40.25% | 64,434 | 55.35% | 5,127 | 4.40% |
| 1900 | 44,800 | 35.04% | 81,142 | 63.46% | 1,924 | 1.50% |
| 1896 | 37,512 | 25.12% | 110,103 | 73.72% | 1,732 | 1.16% |
| 1892 | 47,072 | 31.78% | 87,834 | 59.30% | 13,211 | 8.92% |
| 1888 | 59,752 | 38.04% | 86,062 | 54.80% | 11,244 | 7.16% |
| 1884 | 51,198 | 40.70% | 72,734 | 57.83% | 1,847 | 1.47% |
| 1880 | 41,661 | 38.66% | 60,489 | 56.13% | 5,622 | 5.22% |
| 1876 | 38,649 | 39.87% | 58,086 | 59.92% | 211 | 0.22% |
| 1872 | 41,373 | 52.17% | 37,927 | 47.83% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1868 | 22,112 | 53.68% | 19,078 | 46.32% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1860 | 0 | 0.00% | 5,357 | 9.89% | 48,795 | 90.11% |
| 1856 | 0 | 0.00% | 21,910 | 67.12% | 10,732 | 32.88% |
| 1852 | 7,404 | 37.82% | 12,173 | 62.18% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1848 | 7,587 | 44.93% | 9,301 | 55.07% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1844 | 5,604 | 36.99% | 9,546 | 63.01% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1840 | 5,160 | 43.58% | 6,679 | 56.42% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1836 | 1,334 | 35.92% | 2,380 | 64.08% | 0 | 0.00% |

The number of elections in Arkansas varies by year, but usually municipal elections occur every year, plus primary and general elections for federal and state offices occur during even-numbered years.

The state was historically part of the Solid South, and was a one-party state dominated by Democrats. Arkansas was the only state in the nation not carried by Republicans at least once between 1876 and 1968, although it voted for segregationist George Wallace in 1968. It was the only Deep South state carried by Lyndon Johnson in 1964, just following the passage of the Civil Rights Act, however, Democratic support did weaken after this. The state voted Republican for the first time in 100 years in 1972, and became a swing state, voting for the national winner in every election from 1972 to 2004. In 2008, the state continued in rightward turn in the 21st century, when Democrat Barack Obama became the first Democrat to win the presidency without carrying the state. Democrats lost control of all statewide and congressional offices by 2014 and lost the state legislature in 2012.

In a 2020 study, Arkansas was ranked as the 9th hardest state for citizens to vote in.

## Elections

### Gubernatorial

* 2022 Arkansas gubernatorial election
* 2018 Arkansas gubernatorial election
* 2014 Arkansas gubernatorial election
* 2010 Arkansas gubernatorial election
* 2006 Arkansas gubernatorial election
* 2002 Arkansas gubernatorial election

### Senatorial

* 2022 United States Senate election in Arkansas
* 2020 United States Senate election in Arkansas
* 2016 United States Senate election in Arkansas
* 2014 United States Senate election in Arkansas
* 2010 United States Senate election in Arkansas
