Arkansas · 2020 presidential election
Arkansas presidential election results 2020
Donald J. Trump carried Arkansas by 27.62 points (336,715 votes), winning 6 electoral votes.
- Electoral votes
- 6
- Votes counted
- 1,219,069
- AR result
- R+27.6
- Compared with the nation
- 32.1 pts more Republican
- Swing since 2016
- 0.7 pts to R
Statewide result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Bar | Electoral votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald J. Trump | Republican | 760,647 | 62.40% | 6 | |
| Joseph R. Biden | Democratic | 423,932 | 34.78% | — | |
| Others | Others | 34,490 | 2.83% | — | |
| Total votes | 1,219,069 | ||||
Sources: ar-2020.pdf · 2020
Certified state documentCertified
Every ticket on the ballot, as printed in the certified document (the statewide table above groups minor candidates as “Others” when the source does).
All 13 tickets as printed in the document
| Ticket (as printed) | Code | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donald J. Trump/michael R. Pence | — | 760,647 | 62.40% |
| Joseph R. Biden/kamala Harris | — | 423,932 | 34.78% |
| Jo Jorgensen/jeremy 'Spike' Cohen | — | 13,133 | 1.08% |
| Kanye West/michelle Tidball | — | 4,099 | 0.34% |
| Howie Hawkins/angela Walker | — | 2,980 | 0.24% |
| Phil Collins/billy Joe Parker | — | 2,812 | 0.23% |
| Brock Pierce/karla Ballard | — | 2,141 | 0.18% |
| Don Blankenship/william Mohr | — | 2,108 | 0.17% |
| Brian Carroll/amar Patel | — | 1,713 | 0.14% |
| C.l. Gammon/phil Collins | — | 1,475 | 0.12% |
| John Richard Myers/tiara Suzanne Lusk | — | 1,372 | 0.11% |
| Gloria La Riva/sunil Freeman | — | 1,336 | 0.11% |
| Roque 'Rocky' De La Fuente/darcy G. Richardson | — | 1,321 | 0.11% |
County resultsMedia count
Download CSV| County | Joseph R. Biden | Donald J. Trump | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas County | 1,818 | 4,304 | 170 | 6,292 | 39.5 |
| Ashley County | 2,125 | 5,548 | 253 | 7,926 | 43.2 |
| Baxter County | 4,635 | 15,836 | 536 | 21,007 | 53.3 |
| Benton County | 42,249 | 73,965 | 3,698 | 119,912 | 26.4 |
| Boone County | 3,064 | 13,652 | 398 | 17,114 | 61.9 |
| Bradley County | 1,214 | 2,335 | 105 | 3,654 | 30.7 |
| Calhoun County | 479 | 1,636 | 67 | 2,182 | 53.0 |
| Carroll County | 4,023 | 7,424 | 350 | 11,797 | 28.8 |
| Chicot County | 2,260 | 1,752 | 91 | 4,103 | 12.4 |
| Clark County | 3,438 | 4,616 | 341 | 8,395 | 14.0 |
| Clay County | 962 | 4,086 | 135 | 5,183 | 60.3 |
| Cleburne County | 1,988 | 10,328 | 364 | 12,680 | 65.8 |
| Cleveland County | 651 | 2,867 | 82 | 3,600 | 61.6 |
| Columbia County | 2,814 | 5,500 | 302 | 8,616 | 31.2 |
| Conway County | 2,615 | 5,694 | 376 | 8,685 | 35.5 |
| Craighead County | 11,921 | 25,558 | 1,032 | 38,511 | 35.4 |
| Crawford County | 4,959 | 18,607 | 525 | 24,091 | 56.7 |
| Crittenden County | 8,514 | 7,333 | 520 | 16,367 | 7.2 |
| Cross County | 1,772 | 4,946 | 224 | 6,942 | 45.7 |
| Dallas County | 963 | 1,573 | 113 | 2,649 | 23.0 |
| Desha County | 2,016 | 1,921 | 227 | 4,164 | 2.3 |
| Drew County | 2,426 | 4,349 | 133 | 6,908 | 27.8 |
| Faulkner County | 18,347 | 34,421 | 1,660 | 54,428 | 29.5 |
| Franklin County | 1,300 | 5,677 | 152 | 7,129 | 61.4 |
| Fulton County | 1,035 | 3,961 | 123 | 5,119 | 57.2 |
| Garland County | 14,045 | 29,069 | 1,085 | 44,199 | 34.0 |
| Grant County | 1,268 | 6,794 | 138 | 8,200 | 67.4 |
| Greene County | 3,058 | 12,670 | 372 | 16,100 | 59.7 |
| Hempstead County | 2,138 | 4,470 | 240 | 6,848 | 34.1 |
| Hot Spring County | 3,082 | 9,202 | 273 | 12,557 | 48.7 |
| Howard County | 1,340 | 3,367 | 127 | 4,834 | 41.9 |
| Independence County | 2,806 | 11,250 | 456 | 14,512 | 58.2 |
| Izard County | 1,021 | 4,631 | 158 | 5,810 | 62.1 |
| Jackson County | 1,365 | 3,593 | 133 | 5,091 | 43.8 |
| Jefferson County | 14,981 | 9,521 | 656 | 25,158 | 21.7 |
| Johnson County | 2,283 | 6,938 | 277 | 9,498 | 49.0 |
| Lafayette County | 839 | 1,757 | 83 | 2,679 | 34.3 |
| Lawrence County | 1,080 | 4,569 | 208 | 5,857 | 59.6 |
| Lee County | 1,423 | 1,286 | 139 | 2,848 | 4.8 |
| Lincoln County | 1,032 | 2,729 | 114 | 3,875 | 43.8 |
| Little River County | 1,226 | 3,715 | 236 | 5,177 | 48.1 |
| Logan County | 1,544 | 6,441 | 240 | 8,225 | 59.5 |
| Lonoke County | 6,686 | 22,884 | 1,092 | 30,662 | 52.8 |
| Madison County | 1,563 | 5,658 | 130 | 7,351 | 55.7 |
| Marion County | 1,531 | 5,783 | 189 | 7,503 | 56.7 |
| Miller County | 4,245 | 11,920 | 364 | 16,529 | 46.4 |
| Mississippi County | 4,558 | 7,296 | 488 | 12,342 | 22.2 |
| Monroe County | 1,147 | 1,545 | 124 | 2,816 | 14.1 |
| Montgomery County | 731 | 3,046 | 96 | 3,873 | 59.8 |
| Nevada County | 1,076 | 2,133 | 149 | 3,358 | 31.5 |
| Newton County | 709 | 3,192 | 97 | 3,998 | 62.1 |
| Ouachita County | 3,995 | 5,294 | 340 | 9,629 | 13.5 |
| Perry County | 1,012 | 3,479 | 136 | 4,627 | 53.3 |
| Phillips County | 3,623 | 2,417 | 202 | 6,242 | 19.3 |
| Pike County | 644 | 3,519 | 83 | 4,246 | 67.7 |
| Poinsett County | 1,424 | 5,918 | 179 | 7,521 | 59.8 |
| Polk County | 1,246 | 7,035 | 209 | 8,490 | 68.2 |
| Pope County | 5,772 | 18,081 | 579 | 24,432 | 50.4 |
| Prairie County | 654 | 2,786 | 55 | 3,495 | 61.0 |
| Pulaski County | 101,947 | 63,687 | 4,322 | 169,956 | 22.5 |
| Randolph County | 1,215 | 5,355 | 242 | 6,812 | 60.8 |
| Saline County | 16,060 | 39,556 | 1,343 | 56,959 | 41.3 |
| Scott County | 483 | 2,962 | 106 | 3,551 | 69.8 |
| Searcy County | 588 | 3,365 | 66 | 4,019 | 69.1 |
| Sebastian County | 14,487 | 31,198 | 1,455 | 47,140 | 35.4 |
| Sevier County | 1,116 | 3,884 | 202 | 5,202 | 53.2 |
| Sharp County | 1,398 | 5,938 | 230 | 7,566 | 60.0 |
| St. Francis County | 3,604 | 3,242 | 262 | 7,108 | 5.1 |
| Stone County | 1,180 | 4,616 | 142 | 5,938 | 57.9 |
| Union County | 5,584 | 10,478 | 545 | 16,607 | 29.5 |
| Van Buren County | 1,593 | 6,034 | 180 | 7,807 | 56.9 |
| Washington County | 43,824 | 47,504 | 2,938 | 94,266 | 3.9 |
| White County | 5,978 | 24,182 | 725 | 30,885 | 58.9 |
| Woodruff County | 856 | 1,543 | 77 | 2,476 | 27.7 |
| Yell County | 1,284 | 5,226 | 231 | 6,741 | 58.5 |
Candidate votes as printed in the document. “Total” is the document’s total where it prints one, otherwise the sum of the candidate columns. Margin is the leading ticket’s lead in points over the second.
Notes on how this document was read
- Secondary source: County results compiled by Tony McGovern from news-media election-night tallies (Fox News, Politico, The New York Times); not a certified state document.
Method: Machine-readable dataset; county sums checked against the state totals in The American Presidency Project summary (within 0.5% for both main tickets).
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Questions and answers
Who won Arkansas in 2020?
Donald J. Trump won Arkansas by 27.62 percentage points (336,715 votes).
How many electoral votes did Arkansas have in 2020?
Arkansas cast 6 electoral votes in 2020.
How many people voted for president in Arkansas in 2020?
1,219,069 votes were counted for president.
How many counties did each candidate win in Arkansas in 2020?
Donald J. Trump 67, Joseph R. Biden 8 (out of 75 counties with results).
How did Arkansas change from 2016 to 2020?
The margin moved 0.7 points toward the Republican ticket, from Republican by 26.9 points to Republican by 27.6 points.
Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data