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The 2024 United States presidential election in Arkansas is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, as part of the 2024 United States elections in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia will participate. Arkansas voters will choose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote. The state of Arkansas has six electoral votes in the Electoral College, following reapportionment due to the 2020 United States census in which the state neither gained nor lost a seat.[1]
Although former Democratic President Bill Clinton hails from the state and comfortably won it in both of his election bids in 1992 and 1996, Arkansas is a Southern state entrenched in the Bible Belt. It has trended strongly towards the Republican Party in the 21st century, with Al Gore (from neighboring Tennessee) losing the state in 2000 by 5.45%. The last Democratic presidential candidate to come within single digits of carrying Arkansas, or even win more than 40% of the state vote, was John Kerry in 2004. The state's rightward shift continued under Barack Obama, leading to Arkansas becoming a Republican stronghold at the presidential level in 2008, despite Obama decisively winning nationwide.
The GOP's popularity in Arkansas has become so pronounced that the state turned sharply against former First Lady of Arkansas Hillary Clinton in 2016, favoring Republican Donald Trump by 26.9%. Trump again easily won the state again by 27.6% in 2020. Republicans have held every statewide elected position in the state since 2015.[2] Now a strongly red state, Arkansas is expected to be easily won by the Republican candidate (presumably Trump) in 2024.[3]
Incumbent Democratic president Joe Biden is running for reelection to a second term.[4]
- ^ Wang, Hansi; Jin, Connie; Levitt, Zach (April 26, 2021). "Here's How The 1st 2020 Census Results Changed Electoral College, House Seats". NPR. Archived from the original on August 19, 2021. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
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- "November 4, 2014 General election and nonpartisan runoff election Official results". Arkansas Secretary of State. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
- "2016 General election and nonpartisan runoff election Official results". Arkansas Secretary of State. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
- "November 6, 2018 General election and nonpartisan judicial runoff Official results". Arkansas Secretary of State. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
- "November 3, 2020 General election and nonpartisan judicial runoff Official results". Arkansas Secretary of State. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
- "November 8, 2022 General election and nonpartisan judicial runoff Official results". Arkansas Secretary of State. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
- ^ "270toWin – 2024 Presidential Election Interactive Map". 270toWin.com. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
- ^ Kinery, Emma (April 25, 2023). "Biden launches 2024 reelection campaign, promising to fulfill economic policy vision". CNBC.