Mitt Romney carried Arkansas R+23.7.

Barack Obama (D) vs Mitt Romney (R) in Arkansas, 2012. The state ran 27.5 points more Republican than the nation (D+3.9 nationally).

Nominees: Barack Obama (D) · Mitt Romney (R)

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Arkansas result

1,069,468 votes counted

Obama (D)

394,409

36.9%

Romney (R)

647,744

60.6%

All others

27,315

2.6%

Margin

R+23.7

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2012 presidential election

Arkansas, 2012

RomneyR+23.7

How it voted

Share of the 2012 vote

Mitt Romney ✓Republican	60.6%	647,744
Barack ObamaDemocratic	36.9%	394,409
OtherAll other candidates	2.6%	27,315

D+60

R+60

75 counties, each filled by 2012 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Arkansas's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 2012 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 — 2012

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Arkansas County	R	−22.2%	2,455	3,897	6,494
Ashley County	R	−25.4%	2,859	4,867	7,921
Baxter County	R	−44.0%	5,172	13,688	19,339
Benton County	R	−40.4%	22,636	54,646	79,257
Boone County	R	−48.0%	3,772	11,159	15,391
Bradley County	R	−18.8%	1,449	2,134	3,652
Calhoun County	R	−36.7%	660	1,458	2,174
Carroll County	R	−23.9%	3,696	6,125	10,183
Chicot County	D	+22.4%	2,649	1,670	4,361
Clark County	R	−6.3%	3,811	4,343	8,409
Clay County	R	−29.1%	1,738	3,225	5,110
Cleburne County	R	−52.1%	2,620	8,693	11,647
Cleveland County	R	−44.9%	845	2,313	3,266
Columbia County	R	−23.6%	3,557	5,790	9,455
Conway County	R	−19.5%	3,005	4,514	7,730
Craighead County	R	−31.0%	10,527	20,350	31,700
Crawford County	R	−49.8%	4,881	15,145	20,591
Crittenden County	D	+14.9%	9,487	6,998	16,716
Cross County	R	−29.8%	2,279	4,269	6,681
Dallas County	R	−10.6%	1,337	1,665	3,084
Desha County	D	+12.4%	2,443	1,896	4,420
Drew County	R	−19.0%	2,630	3,887	6,633
Faulkner County	R	−31.6%	13,621	26,722	41,460
Franklin County	R	−44.4%	1,726	4,631	6,540
Fulton County	R	−33.1%	1,452	2,949	4,522
Garland County	R	−30.0%	13,804	26,014	40,728
Grant County	R	−51.9%	1,468	4,829	6,479
Greene County	R	−36.9%	4,000	9,071	13,761
Hempstead County	R	−26.2%	2,468	4,284	6,921
Hot Spring County	R	−29.0%	3,830	7,097	11,260
Howard County	R	−31.8%	1,471	2,892	4,462
Independence County	R	−43.9%	3,281	8,728	12,397
Izard County	R	−38.9%	1,524	3,575	5,278
Jackson County	R	−18.3%	2,095	3,072	5,347
Jefferson County	D	+29.0%	17,470	9,520	27,383
Johnson County	R	−28.0%	2,799	5,064	8,098
Lafayette County	R	−18.4%	1,173	1,713	2,929
Lawrence County	R	−31.6%	1,788	3,536	5,540
Lee County	D	+24.2%	2,107	1,280	3,424
Lincoln County	R	−20.8%	1,425	2,199	3,726
Little River County	R	−36.3%	1,552	3,385	5,051
Logan County	R	−41.9%	2,009	5,079	7,331
Lonoke County	R	−50.8%	5,625	17,880	24,114
Madison County	R	−32.9%	2,099	4,263	6,568
Marion County	R	−38.8%	2,037	4,774	7,051
Miller County	R	−39.8%	4,518	10,622	15,329
Mississippi County	R	−1.0%	6,467	6,603	13,375
Monroe County	R	−0.1%	1,583	1,585	3,230
Montgomery County	R	−42.6%	920	2,369	3,404
Nevada County	R	−20.2%	1,314	1,996	3,384
Newton County	R	−41.4%	993	2,508	3,661
Ouachita County	R	−8.6%	4,633	5,521	10,315
Perry County	R	−35.4%	1,187	2,581	3,938
Phillips County	D	+32.8%	5,202	2,598	7,930
Pike County	R	−52.7%	851	2,847	3,788
Poinsett County	R	−34.2%	2,390	4,974	7,560
Polk County	R	−56.9%	1,556	5,955	7,726
Pope County	R	−47.2%	5,126	14,763	20,439
Prairie County	R	−40.5%	880	2,153	3,141
Pulaski County	D	+11.5%	87,248	68,984	159,381
Randolph County	R	−27.8%	2,046	3,701	5,956
Saline County	R	−42.7%	12,869	32,963	47,062
Scott County	R	−47.6%	897	2,631	3,640
Searcy County	R	−51.0%	814	2,699	3,694
Sebastian County	R	−37.1%	13,092	29,169	43,362
Sevier County	R	−48.4%	1,042	3,136	4,330
Sharp County	R	−38.8%	2,092	4,921	7,283
St. Francis County	D	+18.4%	4,910	3,368	8,362
Stone County	R	−45.2%	1,356	3,776	5,354
Union County	R	−26.2%	6,196	10,699	17,177
Van Buren County	R	−39.4%	1,832	4,365	6,430
Washington County	R	−16.3%	28,236	39,688	70,460
White County	R	−53.7%	5,765	20,011	26,514
Woodruff County	D	+4.2%	1,340	1,227	2,685
Yell County	R	−38.8%	1,722	4,042	5,974