Bill Clinton carried Arkansas D+16.9.

Bill Clinton (D) vs Bob Dole (R) in Arkansas, 1996. The state ran 8.4 points more Democratic than the nation (D+8.5 nationally). A US Senate contest shared the 1996 ballot here.

Nominees: Bill Clinton (D) · Bob Dole (R) · Ross Perot (Reform)

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Arkansas result

884,262 votes counted

Clinton (D)

475,171

53.7%

Dole (R)

325,416

36.8%

Perot (I)

69,884

7.9%

All others

13,791

1.6%

Margin

D+16.9

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1996 presidential election

Arkansas, 1996

ClintonD+16.9

How it voted

Share of the 1996 vote

Bill Clinton ✓Democratic	53.7%	475,171
Bob DoleRepublican	36.8%	325,416
OtherAll other candidates	1.6%	13,791

D+60

R+60

75 counties, each filled by 1996 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Arkansas's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1996 contest in context

Arkansas's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+27.6%
1896	+48.6%
1900	+28.5%
1904	+15.2%
1908	+20.3%
1912	+35.9%
1916	+40.9%
1920	+18.9%
1924	+31.9%
1928	+20.9%
1932	+73.9%
1936	+63.9%
1940	+57.4%
1944	+40.1%
1948	+40.7%
1952	+12.1%
1956	+6.6%
1960	+7.1%
1964	+12.7%
1968	−0.4%
1972	−38.1%
1976	+30.0%
1980	−0.6%
1984	−22.2%
1988	−14.2%
1992	+17.7%
1996	+16.9%
2000	−5.4%
2004	−9.8%
2008	−19.9%
2012	−23.7%
2016	−27.8%
2020	−27.6%
2024	−30.6%

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County results — 1996

75 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Perot	Total
Arkansas County	D	+34.5%	4,220	1,910	463	6,698
Ashley County	D	+31.2%	5,011	2,428	704	8,281
Baxter County	R	−1.1%	6,703	6,877	1,572	15,505
Benton County	R	−14.3%	17,205	23,748	4,147	45,768
Boone County	R	−2.6%	5,745	6,093	1,132	13,262
Bradley County	D	+35.8%	2,566	1,146	221	3,968
Calhoun County	D	+25.3%	1,306	727	237	2,292
Carroll County	R	−3.0%	3,689	3,957	986	8,823
Chicot County	D	+46.2%	3,090	1,056	233	4,398
Clark County	D	+39.0%	5,281	2,112	567	8,122
Clay County	D	+39.8%	3,848	1,512	464	5,863
Cleburne County	D	+7.1%	4,475	3,807	1,021	9,464
Cleveland County	D	+24.8%	1,741	990	268	3,024
Columbia County	D	+15.1%	4,730	3,376	678	8,982
Conway County	D	+24.0%	4,055	2,307	746	7,282
Craighead County	D	+16.6%	13,284	9,210	1,778	24,582
Crawford County	R	−2.7%	6,749	7,182	1,683	15,814
Crittenden County	D	+26.3%	8,415	4,673	554	14,236
Cross County	D	+26.5%	3,631	2,000	466	6,160
Dallas County	D	+31.4%	2,118	1,041	236	3,435
Desha County	D	+49.5%	3,230	978	247	4,553
Drew County	D	+33.7%	3,570	1,657	395	5,675
Faulkner County	D	+7.7%	12,032	10,178	1,528	24,123
Franklin County	D	+16.5%	3,269	2,246	626	6,188
Fulton County	D	+23.9%	2,361	1,351	455	4,223
Garland County	D	+15.3%	19,211	13,662	2,769	36,206
Grant County	D	+18.5%	2,948	1,925	557	5,536
Greene County	D	+24.9%	6,622	3,757	1,014	11,495
Hempstead County	D	+39.2%	4,983	2,021	501	7,551
Hot Spring County	D	+30.9%	6,002	2,864	1,123	10,155
Howard County	D	+27.3%	2,741	1,478	369	4,632
Independence County	D	+19.1%	6,240	4,021	1,126	11,628
Izard County	D	+22.3%	2,818	1,678	541	5,113
Jackson County	D	+42.8%	4,304	1,525	611	6,500
Jefferson County	D	+48.3%	19,701	6,330	1,284	27,677
Johnson County	D	+17.8%	3,585	2,367	757	6,833
Lafayette County	D	+38.9%	2,466	971	374	3,845
Lawrence County	D	+29.8%	3,652	1,823	609	6,141
Lee County	D	+49.5%	3,267	1,013	257	4,553
Lincoln County	D	+43.9%	2,517	907	221	3,668
Little River County	D	+34.7%	3,183	1,409	480	5,112
Logan County	D	+10.8%	3,832	2,966	1,048	8,002
Lonoke County	D	+10.2%	8,049	6,414	1,369	16,056
Madison County	D	+3.8%	2,504	2,303	461	5,355
Marion County	D	+6.9%	2,735	2,312	764	6,125
Miller County	D	+12.8%	6,469	4,874	1,043	12,506
Mississippi County	D	+32.8%	8,301	3,919	1,016	13,347
Monroe County	D	+36.8%	2,247	973	202	3,458
Montgomery County	D	+20.0%	1,830	1,137	427	3,460
Nevada County	D	+35.7%	2,279	976	345	3,650
Newton County	R	−7.1%	1,631	1,927	498	4,154
Ouachita County	D	+33.0%	6,635	3,136	733	10,609
Perry County	D	+21.0%	1,873	1,143	395	3,482
Phillips County	D	+41.0%	5,715	2,205	461	8,570
Pike County	D	+22.5%	2,362	1,401	441	4,263
Poinsett County	D	+35.7%	4,686	2,034	647	7,427
Polk County	R	−0.4%	2,824	2,852	876	6,679
Pope County	D	+1.0%	8,433	8,243	1,891	18,840
Prairie County	D	+33.2%	2,211	1,025	305	3,575
Pulaski County	D	+23.7%	75,084	44,780	6,014	127,733
Randolph County	D	+25.3%	3,213	1,789	561	5,633
Saline County	D	+8.1%	14,027	11,695	2,612	28,685
Scott County	D	+19.4%	2,259	1,426	513	4,297
Searcy County	R	−2.9%	1,669	1,786	381	3,969
Sebastian County	R	−2.7%	15,514	16,482	2,899	35,346
Sevier County	D	+26.5%	2,553	1,379	446	4,425
Sharp County	D	+13.5%	3,573	2,635	687	6,970
St. Francis County	D	+35.2%	5,562	2,523	506	8,644
Stone County	D	+15.8%	2,227	1,526	579	4,441
Union County	D	+14.6%	8,373	6,053	1,073	15,940
Van Buren County	D	+17.3%	3,521	2,345	830	6,801
Washington County	D	+2.1%	20,419	19,476	3,133	43,967
White County	D	+7.4%	10,204	8,659	1,828	20,991
Woodruff County	D	+50.7%	2,044	598	186	2,852
Yell County	D	+24.7%	3,749	2,111	714	6,644