2016 Arkansas General Election Story

A head to head comparison of the Arkansas 2016 General Election gives an idea of the breakdown of the voters.

Arkansas Win

Donald Trump received 684,872 (61%) votes beating Hillary Clinton who gained 380,494 (34%) by 304,378 votes in Arkansas.

Donald Trump won 67 counties whereas Hillary Clinton won 8 counties in the total of the 75  counties in the state of Arkansas.

2016 Arkansas Primary vs. General Elections Counties Won                                  

In the primary, Cruz won 10 counties in a 4-way match up. Clinton trailed behind Trump. Her win in 30 counties were by Trump’s win over 34 counties of the state of Arkansas. Rubio won only a county.

2016 Arkansas Primary vs. General Elections with regards to Percentage (%) votes and Total Votes Won

On a head to head count with the total votes between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in the Primary and General Elections, percentage (%) vote shift difference is a 16% increment for Donald Trump in the Presidential Elections as opposed to a 16% decrease for Hillary Clinton. These margins are represented as 551,728 vote increment for Donald Trump and 235,914 vote increment for Hillary Clinton at the General Elections.

2016 General Election Hillary Clinton Popular Vote Count Contributed by Arkansas

During the 2016 General elections, over 146,434,269 total number of votes were cast.  Hillary Clinton got 65,849,971 (65.8 Million) over Donald Trump's 62,984,405 (62.9 Million). She won the popular vote by 2,865,566 (2.8 Million). Even though she lost to Trump at Wisconsin, her 380,494 represents 0.6% of her popular vote victory. The remaining 49 states contributed to her the remaining 99.4% popular votes victory.

Top 15 Counties in Primary vs General

These 15 counties play an important role in these Primary elections. If a candidate, can get a sizable majority in the biggest county (Pulaski – twice the size of the 2nd biggest county {Benton} by vote count), it becomes very difficult to win majorities in the smaller counties without voter outreach and increased voter participation in them.

Top 15 Vote Comparison in Primary vs. General Elections

Milwaukee and Dane, two of the larger counties voted in favor of Clinton, giving her over 300K vote advantage. Waukesha, another larger countye voted in favor of Trump giving him a 63K voter advantage in that county. However, Trump's steady win in the less dense counties contributed to the 22K marginal vote advantage that helped him gain an upper hand in the State of Wisconsin.

Related References: 2016 Arkansas Primary Election Story, 2020 Arkansas Primary Election Story