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Even as most of the nation swung slightly leftward, many counties in Arkansas still swung dramatically rightward. Trump improved his margin in the historically Democratic Delta county of Woodruff from 8.9% four years prior to 27.7% in 2020. Biden also became the first Democrat to ever win the White House without carrying this county since its ...
Arkansas was the only state in the 1992 presidential election to be won by a majority of the popular vote; [10] Bill Clinton, its governor at the time, won Arkansas with 53.21 percent of the vote. [11] Since Clinton won re-election in 1996, however, the state has voted consistently for the Republican Party. [12]
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), along with fellow Democratic Sens. Patty Murray (Wash.), Ron Wyden (Ore.) and Elizabeth Warren (Mass.), offered warnings about the reported efforts ...
Arkansas was the only state in the nation not carried by Republicans at least once between 1876 and 1968, although it voted for segregationist George Wallace in 1968. It was the only Deep South state carried by Lyndon Johnson in 1964, just following the passage of the Civil Rights Act, however, Democratic support did weaken after this.
2024 Arkansas Senate election, 20th district general [13] Party Candidate Votes % Republican: Dan Sullivan (incumbent) 16,901 : 60.9 : Democratic: Erika Askeland 10,851 39.1 Total votes 27,752 : 100.00
Democrats hoped to do that in 2016 after a fierce primary between Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) exposed rifts in the party, but those tensions lingered through November.
Joe Biden, 47th vice president of the United States and 2020 Democratic nominee for President [12] Barack Obama, former president of the United States (2009-2017, former senator from Illinois (2005-2008) [13] Organizations. Congressional Black Caucus [14] Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee [15] EMILY's List [16] Equality PAC [17]
The 2012 Arkansas Democratic presidential primary was held on May 22. Incumbent Barack Obama won the primary against Tennessee attorney and perennial candidate John Wolfe Jr, who unexpectedly captured nearly 42% of the vote. All 47 delegates were allocated to, and pledged to vote for Barack Obama at the 2012 Democratic National Convention. [1]