2016 Arkansas Republican presidential primary

The 2016 Arkansas Republican presidential primary was won by Donald Trump with a plurality 32.8% support over Senator Ted Cruz, who competed heavily in Arkansas and hailed from neighboring Texas, with 30.5% support. Trump carried men 37-29 and women 31–30, and carried older voters while Cruz won with millennials. Trump dominated among the 55% who were not college graduates, and earned 39% from whites without a college degree. Trump won with 39% among veterans, a key demographic for Republican candidates in the South, and tied Evangelical Christian voters with Cruz.

2016 Arkansas Republican presidential primary

March 1, 2016 (2016-03-01)

40 pledged delegates to the Republican National Convention
 
Candidate Donald Trump Ted Cruz
Home state New York Texas
Delegate count 16 15
Popular vote 134,744 125,340
Percentage 32.79% 30.50%

 
Candidate Marco Rubio Ben Carson
Home state Florida Maryland
Delegate count 9 0
Popular vote 101,910 23,521
Percentage 24.80% 5.72%

Arkansas results by county.
  Donald Trump
  Ted Cruz
  Marco Rubio



Twelve candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot:[1][2]

Results

Arkansas Republican primary, March 1, 2016
Candidate Votes Percentage Actual delegate count
Bound Unbound Total
Donald Trump 134,744 32.79% 16 0 16
Ted Cruz 125,340 30.50% 15 0 15
Marco Rubio 101,910 24.80% 9 0 9
Ben Carson 23,521 5.72% 0 0 0
John Kasich 15,305 3.72% 0 0 0
Mike Huckabee (withdrawn) 4,792 1.17% 0 0 0
Jeb Bush (withdrawn) 2,402 0.58% 0 0 0
Rand Paul (withdrawn) 1,151 0.28% 0 0 0
Chris Christie (withdrawn) 631 0.15% 0 0 0
Carly Fiorina (withdrawn) 411 0.10% 0 0 0
Rick Santorum (withdrawn) 292 0.07% 0 0 0
Lindsey Graham (withdrawn) 252 0.06% 0 0 0
Bobby Jindal (withdrawn) 169 0.04% 0 0 0
Unprojected delegates: 0 0 0
Total: 410,920 100.00% 40 0 40
Source: The Green Papers

References

  1. James Jackson (2015-11-10). "Candidates file for Arkansas primaries - News - The Sun-Times - Heber Springs, AR - Heber Springs, AR". The Sun-Times. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
  2. "Washington County, AR : March 1, 2016 Republican Preferential Primary Sample Ballots". Co.washington.ar.us. Archived from the original on January 29, 2016. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
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