Presidential Election 2008 | US Presidential Elections | Arkansas Races
2008 Arkansas Presidential Election Results

Mitt Romney
Percent: 60.57%
Votes: 647,744

Barack Obama
Percent: 36.88%
Votes: 394,409
Race Summary
In the 2008 Presidential Election in Arkansas, Republican John McCain received 58.72% of the vote, while Democrat Barack Obama earned 38.86%. McCain’s margin of roughly 20 percentage points underscored Arkansas’s strong Republican lean in that cycle.
Full Results
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 58.72%
Votes: 638,017
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 38.86%
Votes: 422,310
Ralph Nader (IND)
Percent: 1.19%
Votes: 12,882
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.44%
Votes: 4,776
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.37%
Votes: 4,023
Cynthia McKinney (GRE)
Percent: 0.32%
Votes: 3,470
Gloria La Riva (SLP)
Percent: 0.10%
Votes: 1,139
Total votes: 1,086,617
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