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Presidential Election 2008 | US Presidential Elections | Arkansas Races

2008 Arkansas Presidential Election Results

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Mitt Romney 
Percent: 60.57%
Votes: 647,744

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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

State Map

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