John McCain carried Arkansas R+19.9.

Barack Obama (D) vs John McCain (R) in Arkansas, 2008. The state ran 27.1 points more Republican than the nation (D+7.3 nationally). A US Senate contest shared the 2008 ballot here.

Nominees: Barack Obama (D) · John McCain (R)

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Arkansas result

1,086,617 votes counted

Obama (D)

422,310

38.9%

McCain (R)

638,017

58.7%

All others

26,290

2.4%

Margin

R+19.9

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2008 presidential election

Arkansas, 2008

McCainR+19.9

How it voted

Share of the 2008 vote

John McCain ✓Republican	58.7%	638,017
Barack ObamaDemocratic	38.9%	422,310
OtherAll other candidates	2.4%	26,290

D+60

R+60

75 counties, each filled by 2008 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Arkansas's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 2008 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 — 2008

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Arkansas County	R	−22.4%	2,619	4,185	6,978
Ashley County	R	−28.1%	2,976	5,406	8,642
Baxter County	R	−31.6%	6,539	12,852	19,981
Benton County	R	−36.5%	23,331	51,124	76,073
Boone County	R	−39.7%	4,435	10,575	15,474
Bradley County	R	−14.4%	1,680	2,262	4,041
Calhoun County	R	−34.8%	691	1,462	2,217
Carroll County	R	−18.1%	4,172	6,083	10,579
Chicot County	D	+17.7%	3,043	2,119	5,208
Clark County	R	−3.7%	4,267	4,608	9,094
Clay County	R	−14.3%	2,244	3,032	5,511
Cleburne County	R	−44.2%	2,951	7,962	11,338
Cleveland County	R	−43.9%	911	2,451	3,505
Columbia County	R	−24.1%	3,554	5,861	9,558
Conway County	R	−18.9%	3,149	4,691	8,138
Craighead County	R	−24.5%	11,294	18,881	30,968
Crawford County	R	−46.0%	5,238	14,688	20,532
Crittenden County	D	+14.7%	10,330	7,650	18,255
Cross County	R	−25.4%	2,580	4,393	7,130
Dallas County	R	−8.6%	1,471	1,757	3,318
Desha County	D	+12.2%	2,569	1,999	4,678
Drew County	R	−19.1%	2,598	3,860	6,610
Faulkner County	R	−25.3%	14,955	25,362	41,179
Franklin County	R	−39.3%	1,869	4,411	6,475
Fulton County	R	−18.9%	1,819	2,702	4,676
Garland County	R	−25.0%	15,899	26,825	43,719
Grant County	R	−50.9%	1,562	5,023	6,793
Greene County	R	−29.7%	4,541	8,578	13,612
Hempstead County	R	−19.1%	2,869	4,273	7,349
Hot Spring County	R	−24.4%	4,288	7,209	11,955
Howard County	R	−25.0%	1,746	2,957	4,846
Independence County	R	−37.1%	3,688	8,255	12,299
Izard County	R	−26.8%	1,792	3,193	5,218
Jackson County	R	−16.3%	2,207	3,118	5,582
Jefferson County	D	+26.3%	18,465	10,655	29,689
Johnson County	R	−23.1%	3,034	4,922	8,180
Lafayette County	R	−19.0%	1,133	1,685	2,902
Lawrence County	R	−20.9%	2,138	3,357	5,830
Lee County	D	+21.5%	2,263	1,454	3,763
Lincoln County	R	−18.2%	1,710	2,513	4,406
Little River County	R	−29.0%	1,753	3,247	5,152
Logan County	R	−38.8%	2,286	5,350	7,907
Lonoke County	R	−47.5%	5,968	17,242	23,741
Madison County	R	−28.9%	2,144	3,972	6,328
Marion County	R	−29.9%	2,384	4,524	7,162
Miller County	R	−33.5%	4,869	9,913	15,063
Mississippi County	R	−2.2%	6,667	6,976	14,010
Monroe County	R	−4.0%	1,615	1,754	3,449
Montgomery County	R	−35.1%	1,092	2,365	3,622
Nevada County	R	−16.2%	1,474	2,062	3,635
Newton County	R	−35.5%	1,182	2,588	3,960
Ouachita County	R	−10.9%	4,346	5,427	9,960
Perry County	R	−32.5%	1,352	2,743	4,279
Phillips County	D	+29.0%	5,695	3,097	8,969
Pike County	R	−41.3%	1,089	2,727	3,966
Poinsett County	R	−27.3%	2,742	4,903	7,928
Polk County	R	−45.8%	1,957	5,473	7,681
Pope County	R	−43.3%	6,002	15,568	22,079
Prairie County	R	−34.8%	1,048	2,223	3,381
Pulaski County	D	+11.6%	88,854	70,212	161,343
Randolph County	R	−18.1%	2,469	3,615	6,319
Saline County	R	−41.0%	12,695	30,981	44,653
Scott County	R	−43.5%	1,053	2,791	3,995
Searcy County	R	−45.9%	961	2,726	3,847
Sebastian County	R	−34.6%	13,673	28,637	43,212
Sevier County	R	−40.0%	1,291	3,125	4,580
Sharp County	R	−28.9%	2,436	4,535	7,252
St. Francis County	D	+16.5%	5,486	3,917	9,505
Stone County	R	−36.4%	1,598	3,534	5,324
Union County	R	−26.1%	6,190	10,677	17,179
Van Buren County	R	−31.7%	2,151	4,276	6,703
Washington County	R	−13.1%	29,021	37,963	68,380
White County	R	−47.2%	6,732	19,467	26,955
Woodruff County	D	+7.5%	1,412	1,206	2,761
Yell County	R	−29.9%	2,003	3,808	6,036