Romney and Ryan carried Arkansas with 60.57% of the popular vote to Obama's and Biden's 36.88%, winning the state's six electoral votes.[ 1] While Arkansas had been won by the Democrats as recently as 1996 by native son Bill Clinton , Obama proved to be a poor fit for the state, and his 23.69% margin of loss was the worst defeat for a Democratic presidential candidate in Arkansas since 1972 's margin of 38.1%. Obama also was defeated by a larger margin in Arkansas than Walter Mondale in 1984 .
2012 Arkansas Democratic presidential primary
Results by countyObama: 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90%Wolfe: 50-60% 60-70% 70-80%
The Democratic primary had 47 delegates at stake. All 47 delegates were allocated to, and pledged to vote for Barack Obama at the 2012 Democratic National Convention .[ 2] While John Wolfe Jr. qualified for 19 delegates[ 3] to the convention by virtue of his performances in Arkansas, State party officials said Wolfe missed two paperwork filing deadlines related to the delegate process, therefore he was not eligible for any delegates.[ 4] [ 5] Wolfe has commenced legal proceedings to have delegates in his name seated.[ 6] Eight other unpledged delegates, known as superdelegates , also attended the convention and cast their votes as well.
2012 Arkansas Republican presidential primary
Arkansas results by county
Mitt Romney
(Note:
Italicization indicates a withdrawn candidacy)
The Republican primary had 33 delegates at stake. Mitt Romney won all 75 counties in Arkansas. As a result, all 33 delegates were allocated to, and pledged to vote for Mitt Romney at the 2012 Republican National Convention .
Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich withdrew from the [presidential race on April 10 and May 2, 2012, respectively. Both endorsed Mitt Romney as the nominee.
Key:
Withdrew prior to contest
Results by county (actual votes in parentheses): [ 7]
County
Mitt Romney
Ron Paul
Rick Santorum (withdrawn)
Newt Gingrich (withdrawn)
County
Mitt Romney
Ron Paul
Rick Santorum (withdrawn)
Newt Gingrich (withdrawn)
Arkansas
68.86% (418)
12.69% (77)
11.53% (70)
6.92% (42)
Lee
48.00% (12)
4.00% (1)
36.00% (9)
12.00% (3)
Ashley
70.09% (232)
7.25% (24)
17.52% (58)
5.14% (17)
Lincoln
72.55% (37)
11.76% (6)
9.80% (5)
5.88% (3)
Baxter
73.04% (2338)
13.71% (439)
8.78% (281)
4.47% (143)
Little River
76.42% (162)
5.19% (11)
12.74% (27)
5.66% (12)
Benton
65.10% (14527)
14.69% (3278)
15.65% (3493)
4.56% (1018)
Logan
70.36% (869)
12.31% (152)
12.31% (152)
5.02% (62)
Boone
65.60% (1903)
15.41% (447)
13.89% (403)
5.10% (148)
Lonoke
65.51% (2758)
13.52% (569)
15.11% (636)
5.87% (247)
Bradley
73.66% (193)
8.02% (21)
12.60% (33)
5.73% (15)
Madison
66.34% (889)
15.82% (212)
14.18% (190)
3.66% (49)
Calhoun
63.11% (65)
13.59% (14)
19.42% (20)
3.88% (4)
Marion
69.93% (528)
13.38% (101)
12.05% (91)
4.64% (35)
Carroll
64.44% (1263)
15.87% (311)
13.67% (268)
6.02% (118)
Miller
73.82% (1824)
9.19% (227)
12.18% (301)
4.82% (119)
Chicot
79.07% (102)
6.20% (8)
6.20% (8)
8.53% (11)
Mississippi
76.47% (364)
9.45% (45)
9.45% (45)
4.62% (22)
Clark
65.55% (725)
13.74% (152)
13.47% (149)
7.23% (80)
Monroe
65.82% (52)
10.13% (8)
16.46% (13)
7.59% (6)
Clay
53.64% (59)
29.09% (32)
13.64% (15)
3.64% (4)
Montgomery
72.04% (456)
13.74% (87)
9.16% (58)
5.06% (32)
Cleburne
68.10% (2011)
11.65% (344)
13.48% (398)
6.77% (200)
Nevada
72.84% (59)
8.64% (7)
16.05% (13)
2.47% (2)
Cleveland
68.82% (287)
8.63% (36)
16.31% (68)
6.24% (26)
Newton
61.74% (276)
15.44% (69)
17.45% (78)
5.37% (24)
Columbia
71.67% (1472)
10.81% (222)
12.27% (252)
5.26% (108)
Ouachita
75.25% (830)
7.98% (88)
13.24% (146)
3.54% (39)
Conway
61.90% (442)
13.87% (99)
19.47% (139)
4.76% (34)
Perry
65.91% (292)
15.80% (70)
14.67% (65)
3.61% (16)
Craighead
70.92% (1678)
10.40% (246)
13.86% (328)
4.82% (114)
Phillips
68.63% (35)
15.69% (8)
1.96% (1)
13.73% (7)
Crawford
72.21% (3259)
10.26% (463)
13.27% (599)
4.25% (192)
Pike
65.05% (134)
15.53% (32)
14.56% (30)
4.85% (10)
Crittenden
72.18% (288)
9.27% (37)
10.03% (40)
8.52% (34)
Poinsett
64.44% (241)
11.76% (44)
16.04% (60)
7.75% (29)
Cross
75.10% (196)
6.51% (17)
12.26% (32)
6.13% (16)
Polk
68.32% (1085)
12.03% (191)
13.29% (211)
6.36% (101)
Dallas
70.87% (253)
11.20% (40)
13.45% (48)
4.48% (16)
Pope
69.59% (2751)
12.32% (487)
12.98% (513)
5.11% (202)
Desha
67.16% (45)
8.96% (6)
16.42% (11)
7.46% (5)
Prairie
60.94% (78)
22.66% (29)
13.28% (17)
3.13% (4)
Drew
72.56% (423)
7.55% (44)
14.24% (83)
5.66% (33)
Pulaski
71.27% (9758)
13.27% (1817)
11.52% (1578)
3.94% (539)
Faulkner
64.50% (5233)
15.83% (1284)
14.93% (1211)
4.75% (385)
Randolph
67.01% (197)
12.59% (37)
15.31% (45)
5.10% (15)
Franklin
71.32% (980)
9.24% (127)
13.46% (185)
5.97% (82)
Saline
66.50% (6782)
15.02% (1532)
13.93% (1421)
4.55% (464)
Fulton
66.55% (185)
14.75% (41)
9.71% (27)
8.99% (25)
Scott
70.31% (450)
11.25% (72)
13.59% (87)
4.84% (31)
Garland
72.83% (5829)
13.58% (1087)
8.47% (678)
5.12% (410)
Searcy
57.48% (857)
20.59% (307)
14.55% (217)
7.38% (110)
Grant
69.24% (493)
12.92% (92)
12.78% (91)
5.06% (36)
Sebastian
70.82% (6331)
12.09% (1081)
12.40% (1108)
4.69% (419)
Greene
65.83% (422)
10.45% (67)
17.32% (111)
6.40% (41)
Sevier
71.30% (164)
14.35% (33)
9.57% (22)
4.78% (11)
Hempstead
71.34% (478)
10.45% (70)
11.79% (79)
6.42% (43)
Sharp
62.50% (375)
16.17% (97)
15.83% (95)
5.50% (33)
Hot Spring
67.68% (693)
13.87% (142)
13.38% (137)
5.08% (52)
St. Francis
76.42% (94)
8.13% (10)
7.32% (9)
8.13% (10)
Howard
69.68% (193)
12.64% (35)
12.27% (34)
5.42% (15)
Stone
69.94% (342)
12.47% (61)
12.47% (61)
5.11% (25)
Independence
68.37% (536)
13.14% (103)
14.16% (111)
4.34% (34)
Union
73.34% (1642)
11.39% (255)
10.50% (235)
4.78% (107)
Izard
70.97% (357)
16.90% (85)
8.15% (41)
3.98% (20)
Van Buren
71.37% (653)
11.58% (106)
11.37% (104)
5.68% (52)
Jackson
64.55% (122)
8.99% (17)
20.63% (39)
5.82% (11)
Washington
68.11% (8504)
14.93% (1864)
12.92% (1613)
4.04% (505)
Jefferson
70.52% (1220)
9.71% (168)
13.99% (242)
5.78% (100)
White
65.47% (3638)
12.13% (674)
16.63% (924)
5.78% (321)
Johnson
65.81% (512)
13.88% (108)
13.24% (103)
7.07% (55)
Woodruff
57.89% (11)
10.53% (2)
21.05% (4)
10.53% (2)
Lafayette
71.82% (288)
9.98% (40)
14.71% (59)
3.49% (14)
Yell
68.72% (681)
13.22% (131)
12.21% (121)
5.85% (58)
Lawrence
66.09% (269)
13.02% (53)
14.50% (59)
6.39% (26)
Candidate ballot access [ edit ] Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan, Republican
Barack Obama/Joseph Biden, Democratic
Gary Johnson/James P. Gray, Libertarian
Jill Stein/Cheri Honkala, Green
Peta Lindsay/Yari Osorio, Socialism and Liberation
County
Mitt Romney Republican
Barack Obama Democratic
Various candidates Other parties
Margin
Total
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Arkansas
3,897
60.01%
2,455
37.80%
142
2.19%
1,442
22.21%
6,494
Ashley
4,867
61.44%
2,859
36.09%
195
2.47%
2,008
25.35%
7,921
Baxter
13,688
70.78%
5,172
26.74%
479
2.48%
8,516
44.04%
19,339
Benton
54,646
68.95%
22,636
28.56%
1,975
2.49%
32,010
40.39%
79,257
Boone
11,159
72.50%
3,772
24.51%
460
2.99%
7,387
47.99%
15,391
Bradley
2,134
58.43%
1,449
39.68%
69
1.89%
685
18.75%
3,652
Calhoun
1,458
67.07%
660
30.36%
56
2.57%
798
36.71%
2,174
Carroll
6,125
60.15%
3,696
36.30%
362
3.55%
2,429
23.85%
10,183
Chicot
1,670
38.29%
2,649
60.74%
42
0.97%
-979
-22.45%
4,361
Clark
4,343
51.65%
3,811
45.32%
255
3.03%
532
6.33%
8,409
Clay
3,225
63.11%
1,738
34.01%
147
2.88%
1,487
29.10%
5,110
Cleburne
8,693
74.64%
2,620
22.50%
334
2.86%
6,073
52.14%
11,647
Cleveland
2,313
70.82%
845
25.87%
108
3.31%
1,468
44.95%
3,266
Columbia
5,790
61.24%
3,557
37.62%
108
1.14%
2,233
23.62%
9,455
Conway
4,514
58.40%
3,005
38.87%
211
2.73%
1,509
19.53%
7,730
Craighead
20,350
64.20%
10,527
33.21%
823
2.59%
9,823
30.99%
31,700
Crawford
15,145
73.55%
4,881
23.70%
565
2.75%
10,264
49.85%
20,591
Crittenden
6,998
41.86%
9,487
56.75%
231
1.39%
-2,489
-14.89%
16,716
Cross
4,269
63.90%
2,279
34.11%
133
1.99%
1,990
29.79%
6,681
Dallas
1,665
53.99%
1,337
43.35%
82
2.66%
328
10.64%
3,084
Desha
1,896
42.90%
2,443
55.27%
81
1.83%
-547
-12.37%
4,420
Drew
3,887
58.60%
2,630
39.65%
116
1.75%
1,257
18.95%
6,633
Faulkner
26,722
64.45%
13,621
32.85%
1,117
2.70%
13,101
31.60%
41,460
Franklin
4,631
70.81%
1,726
26.39%
183
2.80%
2,905
44.42%
6,540
Fulton
2,949
65.21%
1,452
32.11%
121
2.68%
1,497
33.10%
4,522
Garland
26,014
63.87%
13,804
33.89%
910
2.24%
12,210
29.98%
40,728
Grant
4,829
74.53%
1,468
22.66%
182
2.81%
3,361
51.87%
6,479
Greene
9,071
65.92%
4,000
29.07%
690
5.01%
5,071
36.85%
13,761
Hempstead
4,284
61.90%
2,468
35.66%
169
2.44%
1,816
26.24%
6,921
Hot Spring
7,097
63.03%
3,830
34.01%
333
2.96%
3,267
29.02%
11,260
Howard
2,892
64.81%
1,471
32.97%
99
2.22%
1,421
31.84%
4,462
Independence
8,728
70.40%
3,281
26.47%
388
3.13%
5,447
43.93%
12,397
Izard
3,575
67.73%
1,524
28.87%
179
3.40%
2,051
38.86%
5,278
Jackson
3,072
57.45%
2,095
39.18%
180
3.37%
977
18.27%
5,347
Jefferson
9,520
34.77%
17,470
63.80%
393
1.43%
-7,950
-29.03%
27,383
Johnson
5,064
62.53%
2,799
34.56%
235
2.91%
2,265
27.97%
8,098
Lafayette
1,713
58.48%
1,173
40.05%
43
1.47%
540
18.43%
2,929
Lawrence
3,536
63.83%
1,788
32.27%
216
3.90%
1,748
31.56%
5,540
Lee
1,280
37.38%
2,107
61.54%
37
1.08%
-827
-24.16%
3,424
Lincoln
2,199
59.02%
1,425
38.24%
102
2.74%
774
20.78%
3,726
Little River
3,385
67.02%
1,552
30.73%
114
2.25%
1,833
36.29%
5,051
Logan
5,079
69.28%
2,009
27.40%
243
3.32%
3,070
41.88%
7,331
Lonoke
17,880
74.15%
5,625
23.33%
609
2.52%
12,255
50.82%
24,114
Madison
4,263
64.91%
2,099
31.96%
206
3.13%
2,164
32.95%
6,568
Marion
4,774
67.71%
2,037
28.89%
240
3.40%
2,737
38.82%
7,051
Miller
10,622
69.29%
4,518
29.47%
189
1.24%
6,104
39.82%
15,329
Mississippi
6,603
49.37%
6,467
48.35%
305
2.28%
136
1.02%
13,375
Monroe
1,585
49.07%
1,583
49.01%
62
1.92%
2
0.06%
3,230
Montgomery
2,369
69.59%
920
27.03%
115
3.38%
1,449
42.56%
3,404
Nevada
1,996
58.98%
1,314
38.83%
74
2.19%
682
20.15%
3,384
Newton
2,508
68.51%
993
27.12%
160
4.37%
1,515
41.39%
3,661
Ouachita
5,521
53.52%
4,633
44.92%
161
1.56%
888
8.60%
10,315
Perry
2,581
65.54%
1,187
30.14%
170
4.32%
1,394
35.40%
3,938
Phillips
2,598
32.76%
5,202
65.60%
130
1.64%
-2,604
-32.84%
7,930
Pike
2,847
75.16%
851
22.47%
90
2.37%
1,996
52.69%
3,788
Poinsett
4,974
65.79%
2,390
31.61%
196
2.60%
2,584
34.18%
7,560
Polk
5,955
77.08%
1,556
20.14%
215
2.78%
4,399
56.94%
7,726
Pope
14,763
72.23%
5,126
25.08%
550
2.69%
9,637
47.15%
20,439
Prairie
2,153
68.55%
880
28.02%
108
3.43%
1,273
40.53%
3,141
Pulaski
68,984
43.28%
87,248
54.74%
3,149
1.98%
-18,264
-11.46%
159,381
Randolph
3,701
62.14%
2,046
34.35%
209
3.51%
1,655
27.79%
5,956
St. Francis
3,368
40.28%
4,910
58.72%
84
1.00%
-1,542
-18.44%
8,362
Saline
32,963
70.04%
12,869
27.34%
1,230
2.62%
20,094
42.70%
47,062
Scott
2,631
72.28%
897
24.64%
112
3.08%
1,734
47.64%
3,640
Searcy
2,699
73.06%
814
22.04%
181
4.90%
1,885
51.02%
3,694
Sebastian
29,169
67.27%
13,092
30.19%
1,101
2.54%
16,077
37.08%
43,362
Sevier
3,136
72.42%
1,042
24.06%
152
3.52%
2,094
48.36%
4,330
Sharp
4,921
67.57%
2,092
28.72%
270
3.71%
2,829
38.85%
7,283
Stone
3,776
70.53%
1,356
25.33%
222
4.14%
2,420
45.20%
5,354
Union
10,699
62.29%
6,196
36.07%
282
1.64%
4,503
26.22%
17,177
Van Buren
4,365
67.88%
1,832
28.49%
233
3.63%
2,533
39.39%
6,430
Washington
39,688
56.33%
28,236
40.07%
2,536
3.60%
11,452
16.26%
70,460
White
20,011
75.47%
5,765
21.74%
738
2.79%
14,246
53.73%
26,514
Woodruff
1,227
45.70%
1,340
49.91%
118
4.39%
-113
-4.21%
2,685
Yell
4,042
67.66%
1,722
28.82%
210
3.52%
2,320
38.84%
5,974
Totals
647,744
60.57%
394,409
36.88%
27,315
2.55%
253,335
23.69%
1,069,468
By congressional district [ edit ] Romney won all four of the state's congressional districts.[ 16]