United States presidential election in Arkansas, 2016

United States presidential election in Arkansas, 2016
Arkansas
November 8, 2016
 
Nominee TBA Donald Trump
(presumptive)
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York
Running mate TBA TBA

Incumbent President

Barack Obama
Democratic

The 2016 United States presidential election in Arkansas will take place on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participate. Arkansas voters will choose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote.

On March 1, 2016, in the presidential primaries, Arkansas voters expressed their preferences for the Democratic, Republican, and Libertarian parties' respective nominees for President. Registered members of each party only voted in their party's primary, while voters who were unaffiliated chose any one primary in which to vote.

Primary Elections

Democratic primary

Results of the Democratic primary by county.
  Hillary Clinton
  Bernie Sanders
Arkansas Democratic primary, March 1, 2016
Candidate Popular vote Estimated delegates
Count Percentage Pledged Unpledged Total
Hillary Clinton 146,057 66.08% 22 5 27
Bernie Sanders 66,236 29.97% 10 0 10
Martin O'Malley (withdrawn) 2,785 1.26%
John Wolfe, Jr. 2,556 1.16%
James Valentine 1,702 0.77%
Rocky De La Fuente 1,684 0.76%
Total 221,020 100% 32 5 37
Sources: The Green Papers and Official County results (provisional) Arkansas Secretary of State

Republican primary

Republican primary results by county.
  Donald Trump
  Ted Cruz
  Marco Rubio

Twelve candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot:[1][2]

Arkansas Republican primary, March 1, 2016
Candidate Votes Percentage Actual delegate count
Bound Unbound Total
Donald Trump 134,744 32.79% 16 0 16
Ted Cruz 125,340 30.50% 15 0 15
Marco Rubio 101,910 24.80% 9 0 9
Ben Carson 23,521 5.72% 0 0 0
John Kasich 15,305 3.72% 0 0 0
Mike Huckabee (withdrawn) 4,792 1.17% 0 0 0
Jeb Bush (withdrawn) 2,402 0.58% 0 0 0
Rand Paul (withdrawn) 1,151 0.28% 0 0 0
Chris Christie (withdrawn) 631 0.15% 0 0 0
Carly Fiorina (withdrawn) 411 0.10% 0 0 0
Rick Santorum (withdrawn) 292 0.07% 0 0 0
Lindsey Graham (withdrawn) 252 0.06% 0 0 0
Bobby Jindal (withdrawn) 169 0.04% 0 0 0
Unprojected delegates: 0 0 0
Total: 410,920 100.00% 40 0 40
Source: The Green Papers

See also

Elections in Arkansas

References

  1. ↑ James Jackson (2015-11-10). "Candidates file for Arkansas primaries - News - The Sun-Times - Heber Springs, AR - Heber Springs, AR". The Sun-Times. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
  2. ↑ "Washington County, AR : March 1, 2016 Republican Preferential Primary Sample Ballots". Co.washington.ar.us. Retrieved 2016-01-21.

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