1996 United States presidential election in Arkansas
The 1996 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose six electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Arkansas was won by President Bill Clinton by a 17% margin of victory.
The presidential election in the Natural State was a critical victory for the Democratic ticket, because Arkansas was Clinton's home state. Dole did not put up a challenge in Arkansas, and neither did billionaire businessman Ross Perot, who had unsuccessfully run for president as an Independent in the previous election. Perot in 1996 won 7.9% of the popular vote in the Natural State, a significant total for a third party candidate.
, the 1996 election is the last time that a Democratic presidential nominee has won in Arkansas; the state has gone Republican in each subsequent presidential election, starting in 2000. 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.Results
Results by county
