# 1996 United States presidential election in Arkansas

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The 1996 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. State voters chose six electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Arkansas, incumbent President Bill Clinton's home state, was won by Clinton by a 17% margin of victory. Republican nominee Bob Dole did not put up a challenge in Arkansas, nor did billionaire businessman Ross Perot (Ref-TX), who had unsuccessfully run for president as an independent in the previous election. Perot won 7.90 percent of the popular vote in Arkansas in 1996, a significant total for a third party candidate.
As of the 2024 presidential election, this remains the last time that a Democratic presidential nominee has carried Arkansas. The state has swung rapidly towards the Republican Party in each subsequent election, transforming from a Democratic stronghold into one of the most staunchly Republican states in the nation. In fact, this election started the ongoing rightward shift that Arkansas has experienced with each subsequent presidential election, the longest such streak within any state in the U.S. In contrast, this is the last time Democrats flipped any county in the state.
This is also the last election in which Washington County, Columbia County, Arkansas County, Faulkner County, Union County, Garland County, Johnson County, Howard County, Calhoun County, Saline County, Perry County, Miller County, Van Buren County, Montgomery County, Madison County, Pike County, Logan County, White County, Lonoke County, Pope County, Independence County, Cleburne County, Yell County, Conway County, Franklin County, Grant County, Sharp County, Sevier County, Marion County, Stone County, Fulton County, Scott County, Prairie County, and Cleveland County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.

## Results

1996 United States presidential election in Arkansas :
| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes |
| Democratic | Bill Clinton (incumbent) | Al Gore (incumbent) | 475,171 | 53.74% | 6 |
| Republican | Robert Dole | Jack Kemp | 325,416 | 36.80% | 0 |
| Reform | Ross Perot | Patrick Choate | 69,884 | 7.90% | 0 |
| Green Coalition | Ralph Nader | Winona LaDuke | 3,649 | 0.41% | 0 |
| Libertarian | Harry Browne | Jo Jorgensen | 3,076 | 0.35% | 0 |
| U.S. Taxpayers' Party AR | Howard Phillips | Herbert Titus | 2,065 | 0.23% | 0 |
| America First | Justice Ralph Forbes | Andy Anderson | 932 | 0.11% | 0 |
| Independent | Charles Collins | Rosemary Giumarra | 823 | 0.09% | 0 |
| Looking Back | Isabell Masters | Shirley Masters | 749 | 0.08% | 0 |
| Workers World Party | Monica Moorehead | Gloria La Riva | 747 | 0.08% | 0 |
| Natural Law | Dr. John Hagelin | Dr. V. Tompkins | 729 | 0.08% | 0 |
| Socialist AR | Mary Cal Hollis | Eric Chester | 538 | 0.06% | 0 |
| Prohibition | Earl Dodge | Rachel Kelly | 483 | 0.05% | 0 |

### Results by county

| County | Bill Clinton Democratic | Bill Clinton Democratic | Bob Dole Republican | Bob Dole Republican | Ross Perot Reform | Ross Perot Reform | Various candidates Other parties | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Margin | Total votes cast |
| County | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | Total votes cast |
| Arkansas | 4,220 | 63.00% | 1,910 | 28.52% | 463 | 6.91% | 105 | 1.57% | 2,310 | 34.48% | 6,698 |
| Ashley | 5,011 | 60.51% | 2,428 | 29.32% | 704 | 8.50% | 138 | 1.67% | 2,583 | 31.19% | 8,281 |
| Baxter | 6,703 | 43.23% | 6,877 | 44.35% | 1,572 | 10.14% | 353 | 2.28% | -174 | -1.12% | 15,505 |
| Benton | 17,205 | 37.59% | 23,748 | 51.89% | 4,147 | 9.06% | 668 | 1.46% | -6,543 | -14.30% | 45,768 |
| Boone | 5,745 | 43.32% | 6,093 | 45.94% | 1,132 | 8.54% | 292 | 2.20% | -348 | -2.62% | 13,262 |
| Bradley | 2,566 | 64.67% | 1,146 | 28.88% | 221 | 5.57% | 35 | 0.88% | 1,420 | 35.79% | 3,968 |
| Calhoun | 1,306 | 56.98% | 727 | 31.72% | 237 | 10.34% | 22 | 0.96% | 579 | 25.26% | 2,292 |
| Carroll | 3,689 | 41.81% | 3,957 | 44.85% | 986 | 11.18% | 191 | 2.16% | -268 | -3.04% | 8,823 |
| Chicot | 3,090 | 70.26% | 1,056 | 24.01% | 233 | 5.30% | 19 | 0.43% | 2,034 | 46.25% | 4,398 |
| Clark | 5,281 | 65.02% | 2,112 | 26.00% | 567 | 6.98% | 162 | 1.99% | 3,169 | 39.02% | 8,122 |
| Clay | 3,848 | 65.63% | 1,512 | 25.79% | 464 | 7.91% | 39 | 0.67% | 2,336 | 39.84% | 5,863 |
| Cleburne | 4,475 | 47.28% | 3,807 | 40.23% | 1,021 | 10.79% | 161 | 1.70% | 668 | 7.05% | 9,464 |
| Cleveland | 1,741 | 57.57% | 990 | 32.74% | 268 | 8.86% | 25 | 0.83% | 751 | 24.83% | 3,024 |
| Columbia | 4,730 | 52.66% | 3,376 | 37.59% | 678 | 7.55% | 198 | 2.20% | 1,354 | 15.07% | 8,982 |
| Conway | 4,055 | 55.69% | 2,307 | 31.68% | 746 | 10.24% | 174 | 2.39% | 1,748 | 24.01% | 7,282 |
| Craighead | 13,284 | 54.04% | 9,210 | 37.47% | 1,778 | 7.23% | 310 | 1.26% | 4,074 | 16.57% | 24,582 |
| Crawford | 6,749 | 42.68% | 7,182 | 45.42% | 1,683 | 10.64% | 200 | 1.26% | -433 | -2.74% | 15,814 |
| Crittenden | 8,415 | 59.11% | 4,673 | 32.83% | 554 | 3.89% | 594 | 4.17% | 3,742 | 26.28% | 14,236 |
| Cross | 3,631 | 58.94% | 2,000 | 32.47% | 466 | 7.56% | 63 | 1.02% | 1,631 | 26.47% | 6,160 |
| Dallas | 2,118 | 61.66% | 1,041 | 30.31% | 236 | 6.87% | 40 | 1.16% | 1,077 | 31.35% | 3,435 |
| Desha | 3,230 | 70.94% | 978 | 21.48% | 247 | 5.42% | 98 | 2.15% | 2,252 | 49.46% | 4,553 |
| Drew | 3,570 | 62.91% | 1,657 | 29.20% | 395 | 6.96% | 53 | 0.93% | 1,913 | 33.71% | 5,675 |
| Faulkner | 12,032 | 49.88% | 10,178 | 42.19% | 1,528 | 6.33% | 385 | 1.60% | 1,854 | 7.69% | 24,123 |
| Franklin | 3,269 | 52.83% | 2,246 | 36.30% | 626 | 10.12% | 47 | 0.76% | 1,023 | 16.53% | 6,188 |
| Fulton | 2,361 | 55.91% | 1,351 | 31.99% | 455 | 10.77% | 56 | 1.33% | 1,010 | 23.92% | 4,223 |
| Garland | 19,211 | 53.06% | 13,662 | 37.73% | 2,769 | 7.65% | 564 | 1.56% | 5,549 | 15.33% | 36,206 |
| Grant | 2,948 | 53.25% | 1,925 | 34.77% | 557 | 10.06% | 106 | 1.91% | 1,023 | 18.48% | 5,536 |
| Greene | 6,622 | 57.61% | 3,757 | 32.68% | 1,014 | 8.82% | 102 | 0.89% | 2,865 | 24.93% | 11,495 |
| Hempstead | 4,983 | 65.99% | 2,021 | 26.76% | 501 | 6.63% | 46 | 0.61% | 2,962 | 39.23% | 7,551 |
| Hot Spring | 6,002 | 59.10% | 2,864 | 28.20% | 1,123 | 11.06% | 166 | 1.63% | 3,138 | 30.90% | 10,155 |
| Howard | 2,741 | 59.18% | 1,478 | 31.91% | 369 | 7.97% | 44 | 0.95% | 1,263 | 27.27% | 4,632 |
| Independence | 6,240 | 53.66% | 4,021 | 34.58% | 1,126 | 9.68% | 241 | 2.07% | 2,219 | 19.08% | 11,628 |
| Izard | 2,818 | 55.11% | 1,678 | 32.82% | 541 | 10.58% | 76 | 1.49% | 1,140 | 22.29% | 5,113 |
| Jackson | 4,304 | 66.22% | 1,525 | 23.46% | 611 | 9.40% | 60 | 0.92% | 2,779 | 42.76% | 6,500 |
| Jefferson | 19,701 | 71.18% | 6,330 | 22.87% | 1,284 | 4.64% | 362 | 1.31% | 13,371 | 48.31% | 27,677 |
| Johnson | 3,585 | 52.47% | 2,367 | 34.64% | 757 | 11.08% | 124 | 1.81% | 1,218 | 17.83% | 6,833 |
| Lafayette | 2,466 | 64.14% | 971 | 25.25% | 374 | 9.73% | 34 | 0.88% | 1,495 | 38.89% | 3,845 |
| Lawrence | 3,652 | 59.47% | 1,823 | 29.69% | 609 | 9.92% | 57 | 0.93% | 1,829 | 29.78% | 6,141 |
| Lee | 3,267 | 71.75% | 1,013 | 22.25% | 257 | 5.64% | 16 | 0.35% | 2,254 | 49.50% | 4,553 |
| Lincoln | 2,517 | 68.62% | 907 | 24.73% | 221 | 6.03% | 23 | 0.63% | 1,610 | 43.89% | 3,668 |
| Little River | 3,183 | 62.27% | 1,409 | 27.56% | 480 | 9.39% | 40 | 0.78% | 1,774 | 34.71% | 5,112 |
| Logan | 3,832 | 47.89% | 2,966 | 37.07% | 1,048 | 13.10% | 156 | 1.95% | 866 | 10.82% | 8,002 |
| Lonoke | 8,049 | 50.13% | 6,414 | 39.95% | 1,369 | 8.53% | 224 | 1.40% | 1,635 | 10.18% | 16,056 |
| Madison | 2,504 | 46.76% | 2,303 | 43.01% | 461 | 8.61% | 87 | 1.62% | 201 | 3.75% | 5,355 |
| Marion | 2,735 | 44.65% | 2,312 | 37.75% | 764 | 12.47% | 314 | 5.13% | 423 | 6.90% | 6,125 |
| Miller | 6,469 | 51.73% | 4,874 | 38.97% | 1,043 | 8.34% | 120 | 0.96% | 1,595 | 12.76% | 12,506 |
| Mississippi | 8,301 | 62.19% | 3,919 | 29.36% | 1,016 | 7.61% | 111 | 0.83% | 4,382 | 32.83% | 13,347 |
| Monroe | 2,247 | 64.98% | 973 | 28.14% | 202 | 5.84% | 36 | 1.04% | 1,274 | 36.84% | 3,458 |
| Montgomery | 1,830 | 52.89% | 1,137 | 32.86% | 427 | 12.34% | 66 | 1.91% | 693 | 20.03% | 3,460 |
| Nevada | 2,279 | 62.44% | 976 | 26.74% | 345 | 9.45% | 50 | 1.37% | 1,303 | 35.70% | 3,650 |
| Newton | 1,631 | 39.26% | 1,927 | 46.39% | 498 | 11.99% | 98 | 2.36% | -296 | -7.13% | 4,154 |
| Ouachita | 6,635 | 62.54% | 3,136 | 29.56% | 733 | 6.91% | 105 | 0.99% | 3,499 | 32.98% | 10,609 |
| Perry | 1,873 | 53.79% | 1,143 | 32.83% | 395 | 11.34% | 71 | 2.04% | 730 | 20.96% | 3,482 |
| Phillips | 5,715 | 66.69% | 2,205 | 25.73% | 461 | 5.38% | 189 | 2.21% | 3,510 | 40.96% | 8,570 |
| Pike | 2,362 | 55.41% | 1,401 | 32.86% | 441 | 10.34% | 59 | 1.38% | 961 | 22.55% | 4,263 |
| Poinsett | 4,686 | 63.09% | 2,034 | 27.39% | 647 | 8.71% | 60 | 0.81% | 2,652 | 35.70% | 7,427 |
| Polk | 2,824 | 42.28% | 2,852 | 42.70% | 876 | 13.12% | 127 | 1.90% | -28 | -0.42% | 6,679 |
| Pope | 8,433 | 44.76% | 8,243 | 43.75% | 1,891 | 10.04% | 273 | 1.45% | 190 | 1.01% | 18,840 |
| Prairie | 2,211 | 61.85% | 1,025 | 28.67% | 305 | 8.53% | 34 | 0.95% | 1,186 | 33.18% | 3,575 |
| Pulaski | 75,084 | 58.78% | 44,780 | 35.06% | 6,014 | 4.71% | 1,855 | 1.45% | 30,304 | 23.72% | 127,733 |
| Randolph | 3,213 | 57.04% | 1,789 | 31.76% | 561 | 9.96% | 70 | 1.24% | 1,424 | 25.28% | 5,633 |
| St. Francis | 5,562 | 64.35% | 2,523 | 29.19% | 506 | 5.85% | 53 | 0.61% | 3,039 | 35.16% | 8,644 |
| Saline | 14,027 | 48.90% | 11,695 | 40.77% | 2,612 | 9.11% | 351 | 1.22% | 2,332 | 8.13% | 28,685 |
| Scott | 2,259 | 52.57% | 1,426 | 33.19% | 513 | 11.94% | 99 | 2.30% | 833 | 19.38% | 4,297 |
| Searcy | 1,669 | 42.05% | 1,786 | 45.00% | 381 | 9.60% | 133 | 3.35% | -117 | -2.95% | 3,969 |
| Sebastian | 15,514 | 43.89% | 16,482 | 46.63% | 2,899 | 8.20% | 451 | 1.28% | -968 | -2.74% | 35,346 |
| Sevier | 2,553 | 57.69% | 1,379 | 31.16% | 446 | 10.08% | 47 | 1.06% | 1,174 | 26.53% | 4,425 |
| Sharp | 3,573 | 51.26% | 2,635 | 37.80% | 687 | 9.86% | 75 | 1.08% | 938 | 13.46% | 6,970 |
| Stone | 2,227 | 50.15% | 1,526 | 34.36% | 579 | 13.04% | 109 | 2.45% | 701 | 15.79% | 4,441 |
| Union | 8,373 | 52.53% | 6,053 | 37.97% | 1,073 | 6.73% | 441 | 2.77% | 2,320 | 14.56% | 15,940 |
| Van Buren | 3,521 | 51.77% | 2,345 | 34.48% | 830 | 12.20% | 105 | 1.54% | 1,176 | 17.29% | 6,801 |
| Washington | 20,419 | 46.44% | 19,476 | 44.30% | 3,133 | 7.13% | 939 | 2.14% | 943 | 2.14% | 43,967 |
| White | 10,204 | 48.61% | 8,659 | 41.25% | 1,828 | 8.71% | 300 | 1.43% | 1,545 | 7.36% | 20,991 |
| Woodruff | 2,044 | 71.67% | 598 | 20.97% | 186 | 6.52% | 24 | 0.84% | 1,446 | 50.70% | 2,852 |
| Yell | 3,749 | 56.43% | 2,111 | 31.77% | 714 | 10.75% | 70 | 1.05% | 1,638 | 24.66% | 6,644 |
| Totals | 475,171 | 53.74% | 325,416 | 36.80% | 69,884 | 7.90% | 13,791 | 1.56% | 149,755 | 16.94% | 884,262 |

#### Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

* Baxter
* Boone
* Carroll
* Newton
* Polk

#### Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

* Pope

### By congressional district

Clinton won three of four congressional districts, including one that elected a Republican.
| District | Clinton | Dole | Perot | Representative |
| 1st | 58% | 33% | 8% | Blanche Lincoln (104th Congress) |
| 1st | 58% | 33% | 8% | Marion Berry (105th Congress) |
| 2nd | 55% | 37% | 7% | Ray Thornton (104th Congress) |
| 2nd | 55% | 37% | 7% | Vic Snyder (105th Congress) |
| 3rd | 44% | 45% | 9% | Tim Hutchinson (104th Congress) |
| 3rd | 44% | 45% | 9% | Asa Hutchinson (105th Congress) |
| 4th | 60% | 31% | 8% | Jay Dickey |