Arkansas — 2012 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate2012 presidential electionArkansas · PresidentRomneyR+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 |
2012presidential margin
D+60R+60
75 counties, each filled by 2012 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Arkansas cast 6 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (75 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Arkansas County, AR | Republican | R+22.2 |
| Ashley County, AR | Republican | R+25.4 |
| Baxter County, AR | Republican | R+44.0 |
| Benton County, AR | Republican | R+40.4 |
| Boone County, AR | Republican | R+48.0 |
| Bradley County, AR | Republican | R+18.8 |
| Calhoun County, AR | Republican | R+36.7 |
| Carroll County, AR | Republican | R+23.9 |
| Chicot County, AR | Democratic | D+22.4 |
| Clark County, AR | Republican | R+6.3 |
| Clay County, AR | Republican | R+29.1 |
| Cleburne County, AR | Republican | R+52.1 |
| Cleveland County, AR | Republican | R+44.9 |
| Columbia County, AR | Republican | R+23.6 |
| Conway County, AR | Republican | R+19.5 |
| Craighead County, AR | Republican | R+31.0 |
| Crawford County, AR | Republican | R+49.8 |
| Crittenden County, AR | Democratic | D+14.9 |
| Cross County, AR | Republican | R+29.8 |
| Dallas County, AR | Republican | R+10.6 |
| Desha County, AR | Democratic | D+12.4 |
| Drew County, AR | Republican | R+19.0 |
| Faulkner County, AR | Republican | R+31.6 |
| Franklin County, AR | Republican | R+44.4 |
| Fulton County, AR | Republican | R+33.1 |
| Garland County, AR | Republican | R+30.0 |
| Grant County, AR | Republican | R+51.9 |
| Greene County, AR | Republican | R+36.9 |
| Hempstead County, AR | Republican | R+26.2 |
| Hot Spring County, AR | Republican | R+29.0 |
| Howard County, AR | Republican | R+31.8 |
| Independence County, AR | Republican | R+43.9 |
| Izard County, AR | Republican | R+38.9 |
| Jackson County, AR | Republican | R+18.3 |
| Jefferson County, AR | Democratic | D+29.0 |
| Johnson County, AR | Republican | R+28.0 |
| Lafayette County, AR | Republican | R+18.4 |
| Lawrence County, AR | Republican | R+31.6 |
| Lee County, AR | Democratic | D+24.2 |
| Lincoln County, AR | Republican | R+20.8 |
| Little River County, AR | Republican | R+36.3 |
| Logan County, AR | Republican | R+41.9 |
| Lonoke County, AR | Republican | R+50.8 |
| Madison County, AR | Republican | R+32.9 |
| Marion County, AR | Republican | R+38.8 |
| Miller County, AR | Republican | R+39.8 |
| Mississippi County, AR | Republican | R+1.0 |
| Monroe County, AR | Republican | R+0.1 |
| Montgomery County, AR | Republican | R+42.6 |
| Nevada County, AR | Republican | R+20.2 |
| Newton County, AR | Republican | R+41.4 |
| Ouachita County, AR | Republican | R+8.6 |
| Perry County, AR | Republican | R+35.4 |
| Phillips County, AR | Democratic | D+32.8 |
| Pike County, AR | Republican | R+52.7 |
| Poinsett County, AR | Republican | R+34.2 |
| Polk County, AR | Republican | R+56.9 |
| Pope County, AR | Republican | R+47.2 |
| Prairie County, AR | Republican | R+40.5 |
| Pulaski County, AR | Democratic | D+11.5 |
| Randolph County, AR | Republican | R+27.8 |
| Saline County, AR | Republican | R+42.7 |
| Scott County, AR | Republican | R+47.6 |
| Searcy County, AR | Republican | R+51.0 |
| Sebastian County, AR | Republican | R+37.1 |
| Sevier County, AR | Republican | R+48.4 |
| Sharp County, AR | Republican | R+38.8 |
| St. Francis County, AR | Democratic | D+18.4 |
| Stone County, AR | Republican | R+45.2 |
| Union County, AR | Republican | R+26.2 |
| Van Buren County, AR | Republican | R+39.4 |
| Washington County, AR | Republican | R+16.3 |
| White County, AR | Republican | R+53.7 |
| Woodruff County, AR | Democratic | D+4.2 |
| Yell County, AR | Republican | R+38.8 |
Arkansas results by county
75 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas County | Romney, Mitt+1,442 | 3,89760.0% | 2,45537.8% | 1422.2% | 6,494 |
| Ashley County | Romney, Mitt+2,008 | 4,86761.4% | 2,85936.1% | 1952.5% | 7,921 |
| Baxter County | Romney, Mitt+8,516 | 13,68870.8% | 5,17226.7% | 4792.5% | 19,339 |
| Benton County | Romney, Mitt+32,010 | 54,64668.9% | 22,63628.6% | 1,9752.5% | 79,257 |
| Boone County | Romney, Mitt+7,387 | 11,15972.5% | 3,77224.5% | 4603.0% | 15,391 |
| Bradley County | Romney, Mitt+685 | 2,13458.4% | 1,44939.7% | 691.9% | 3,652 |
| Calhoun County | Romney, Mitt+798 | 1,45867.1% | 66030.4% | 562.6% | 2,174 |
| Carroll County | Romney, Mitt+2,429 | 6,12560.1% | 3,69636.3% | 3623.6% | 10,183 |
| Chicot County | Obama, Barack H.+979 | 1,67038.3% | 2,64960.7% | 421.0% | 4,361 |
| Clark County | Romney, Mitt+532 | 4,34351.6% | 3,81145.3% | 2553.0% | 8,409 |
| Clay County | Romney, Mitt+1,487 | 3,22563.1% | 1,73834.0% | 1472.9% | 5,110 |
| Cleburne County | Romney, Mitt+6,073 | 8,69374.6% | 2,62022.5% | 3342.9% | 11,647 |
| Cleveland County | Romney, Mitt+1,468 | 2,31370.8% | 84525.9% | 1083.3% | 3,266 |
| Columbia County | Romney, Mitt+2,233 | 5,79061.2% | 3,55737.6% | 1081.1% | 9,455 |
| Conway County | Romney, Mitt+1,509 | 4,51458.4% | 3,00538.9% | 2112.7% | 7,730 |
| Craighead County | Romney, Mitt+9,823 | 20,35064.2% | 10,52733.2% | 8232.6% | 31,700 |
| Crawford County | Romney, Mitt+10,264 | 15,14573.6% | 4,88123.7% | 5652.7% | 20,591 |
| Crittenden County | Obama, Barack H.+2,489 | 6,99841.9% | 9,48756.8% | 2311.4% | 16,716 |
| Cross County | Romney, Mitt+1,990 | 4,26963.9% | 2,27934.1% | 1332.0% | 6,681 |
| Dallas County | Romney, Mitt+328 | 1,66554.0% | 1,33743.4% | 822.7% | 3,084 |
| Desha County | Obama, Barack H.+547 | 1,89642.9% | 2,44355.3% | 811.8% | 4,420 |
| Drew County | Romney, Mitt+1,257 | 3,88758.6% | 2,63039.7% | 1161.7% | 6,633 |
| Faulkner County | Romney, Mitt+13,101 | 26,72264.5% | 13,62132.9% | 1,1172.7% | 41,460 |
| Franklin County | Romney, Mitt+2,905 | 4,63170.8% | 1,72626.4% | 1832.8% | 6,540 |
| Fulton County | Romney, Mitt+1,497 | 2,94965.2% | 1,45232.1% | 1212.7% | 4,522 |
| Garland County | Romney, Mitt+12,210 | 26,01463.9% | 13,80433.9% | 9102.2% | 40,728 |
| Grant County | Romney, Mitt+3,361 | 4,82974.5% | 1,46822.7% | 1822.8% | 6,479 |
| Greene County | Romney, Mitt+5,071 | 9,07165.9% | 4,00029.1% | 6905.0% | 13,761 |
| Hempstead County | Romney, Mitt+1,816 | 4,28461.9% | 2,46835.7% | 1692.4% | 6,921 |
| Hot Spring County | Romney, Mitt+3,267 | 7,09763.0% | 3,83034.0% | 3333.0% | 11,260 |
| Howard County | Romney, Mitt+1,421 | 2,89264.8% | 1,47133.0% | 992.2% | 4,462 |
| Independence County | Romney, Mitt+5,447 | 8,72870.4% | 3,28126.5% | 3883.1% | 12,397 |
| Izard County | Romney, Mitt+2,051 | 3,57567.7% | 1,52428.9% | 1793.4% | 5,278 |
| Jackson County | Romney, Mitt+977 | 3,07257.5% | 2,09539.2% | 1803.4% | 5,347 |
| Jefferson County | Obama, Barack H.+7,950 | 9,52034.8% | 17,47063.8% | 3931.4% | 27,383 |
| Johnson County | Romney, Mitt+2,265 | 5,06462.5% | 2,79934.6% | 2352.9% | 8,098 |
| Lafayette County | Romney, Mitt+540 | 1,71358.5% | 1,17340.0% | 431.5% | 2,929 |
| Lawrence County | Romney, Mitt+1,748 | 3,53663.8% | 1,78832.3% | 2163.9% | 5,540 |
| Lee County | Obama, Barack H.+827 | 1,28037.4% | 2,10761.5% | 371.1% | 3,424 |
| Lincoln County | Romney, Mitt+774 | 2,19959.0% | 1,42538.2% | 1022.7% | 3,726 |
| Little River County | Romney, Mitt+1,833 | 3,38567.0% | 1,55230.7% | 1142.3% | 5,051 |
| Logan County | Romney, Mitt+3,070 | 5,07969.3% | 2,00927.4% | 2433.3% | 7,331 |
| Lonoke County | Romney, Mitt+12,255 | 17,88074.1% | 5,62523.3% | 6092.5% | 24,114 |
| Madison County | Romney, Mitt+2,164 | 4,26364.9% | 2,09932.0% | 2063.1% | 6,568 |
| Marion County | Romney, Mitt+2,737 | 4,77467.7% | 2,03728.9% | 2403.4% | 7,051 |
| Miller County | Romney, Mitt+6,104 | 10,62269.3% | 4,51829.5% | 1891.2% | 15,329 |
| Mississippi County | Romney, Mitt+136 | 6,60349.4% | 6,46748.4% | 3052.3% | 13,375 |
| Monroe County | Romney, Mitt+2 | 1,58549.1% | 1,58349.0% | 621.9% | 3,230 |
| Montgomery County | Romney, Mitt+1,449 | 2,36969.6% | 92027.0% | 1153.4% | 3,404 |
| Nevada County | Romney, Mitt+682 | 1,99659.0% | 1,31438.8% | 742.2% | 3,384 |
| Newton County | Romney, Mitt+1,515 | 2,50868.5% | 99327.1% | 1604.4% | 3,661 |
| Ouachita County | Romney, Mitt+888 | 5,52153.5% | 4,63344.9% | 1611.6% | 10,315 |
| Perry County | Romney, Mitt+1,394 | 2,58165.5% | 1,18730.1% | 1704.3% | 3,938 |
| Phillips County | Obama, Barack H.+2,604 | 2,59832.8% | 5,20265.6% | 1301.6% | 7,930 |
| Pike County | Romney, Mitt+1,996 | 2,84775.2% | 85122.5% | 902.4% | 3,788 |
| Poinsett County | Romney, Mitt+2,584 | 4,97465.8% | 2,39031.6% | 1962.6% | 7,560 |
| Polk County | Romney, Mitt+4,399 | 5,95577.1% | 1,55620.1% | 2152.8% | 7,726 |
| Pope County | Romney, Mitt+9,637 | 14,76372.2% | 5,12625.1% | 5502.7% | 20,439 |
| Prairie County | Romney, Mitt+1,273 | 2,15368.5% | 88028.0% | 1083.4% | 3,141 |
| Pulaski County | Obama, Barack H.+18,264 | 68,98443.3% | 87,24854.7% | 3,1492.0% | 159,381 |
| Randolph County | Romney, Mitt+1,655 | 3,70162.1% | 2,04634.4% | 2093.5% | 5,956 |
| Saline County | Romney, Mitt+20,094 | 32,96370.0% | 12,86927.3% | 1,2302.6% | 47,062 |
| Scott County | Romney, Mitt+1,734 | 2,63172.3% | 89724.6% | 1123.1% | 3,640 |
| Searcy County | Romney, Mitt+1,885 | 2,69973.1% | 81422.0% | 1814.9% | 3,694 |
| Sebastian County | Romney, Mitt+16,077 | 29,16967.3% | 13,09230.2% | 1,1012.5% | 43,362 |
| Sevier County | Romney, Mitt+2,094 | 3,13672.4% | 1,04224.1% | 1523.5% | 4,330 |
| Sharp County | Romney, Mitt+2,829 | 4,92167.6% | 2,09228.7% | 2703.7% | 7,283 |
| St. Francis County | Obama, Barack H.+1,542 | 3,36840.3% | 4,91058.7% | 841.0% | 8,362 |
| Stone County | Romney, Mitt+2,420 | 3,77670.5% | 1,35625.3% | 2224.1% | 5,354 |
| Union County | Romney, Mitt+4,503 | 10,69962.3% | 6,19636.1% | 2821.6% | 17,177 |
| Van Buren County | Romney, Mitt+2,533 | 4,36567.9% | 1,83228.5% | 2333.6% | 6,430 |
| Washington County | Romney, Mitt+11,452 | 39,68856.3% | 28,23640.1% | 2,5363.6% | 70,460 |
| White County | Romney, Mitt+14,246 | 20,01175.5% | 5,76521.7% | 7382.8% | 26,514 |
| Woodruff County | Obama, Barack H.+113 | 1,22745.7% | 1,34049.9% | 1184.4% | 2,685 |
| Yell County | Romney, Mitt+2,320 | 4,04267.7% | 1,72228.8% | 2103.5% | 5,974 |
complete certified result
Arkansas candidate results
Top three shown first · expand for every reported candidate and write-in category
Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab — U.S. President 1976–2024 state candidate returns
Nominees: Barack Obama (D) · Mitt Romney (R)
Arkansas's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 2012 contest in context
| 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% |
Same ballot, 2012AR
Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 2012 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.