Arkansas

ARKANSAS

6 Electoral Votes

Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Arkansas Secretary of State)

Total Population, April 1, 2000	2,673,400
Voting Age Population, Nov. 2000	1,929,000	% change from '96 +4.2
Total Registration, Oct. 10, 2000	1,553,356

Arkansas has: 75 counties.
Largest counties: Pulaski, Washington, Benton, Sebastian.

Government
Governor: Mike Huckabee (R) re-elected in 1998.
State Legislature: Arkansas General Assembly House: 75D, 25R Senate: 29D, 6R
Local: Communities... NACO Counties
U.S. House: 2R, 2D - 1. M.Berry (D) | 2. V.Snyder (D) | 3. A.Hutchinson (R) | 4. J.Dickey (R).
U.S. Senate: Tim Hutchinson (R) up for re-election in 2002, Blanche Lambert Lincoln (D) elected 1998.

Changes as of the November 2000 Elections
State Legislature: All 100 House seats and 17 of 35 Senate seats were up. Democrats retained strong majorities in both chambers, although Republicans did make marginal gains, picking up 3 House and 2 Senate seats. House: 72D, 28R Senate: 27D, 8R.
U.S. House: 3D, 1R - Democrats gained one seat: 4. M.Ross (D).

The Natural State

State of Arkansas
Secretary of State

AR Democratic Party
AR Libertarian Party
Conservative Party of AR
Green Party of AR
Natural Law Party of AR
Reform Party of AR
Republican Party of AR

Ark. Dem.-Gazette
Media (Newsp.)
Media (TV)

Politics1-AR

General Election -- Tuesday, November 7, 2000

Past Results
1996

Clinton (Dem.).......475,171	(53.74)
Dole (Rep.)............325,416	(36.80)
Perot (Ref.).............69,884	(7.90)
Others (10)..............13,791	(1.56)
Total........884,262

1992

Clinton (Dem.).......505,823 (53.21)

Bush (Rep.)...........337,324 (35.48)

Perot (Ind.)..............99,132 (10.43)

Others (10)...............8,374
(0.88)

Total........950,653

Results
2000

Buchanan/Foster (Ref.)	7,358	(0.80)
Phillips/Frazier (Const.)	1,415	(0.15)
Hagelin/Goldhaber (NLP)	1,098	(0.12)
Browne/Olivier (Lib.)	2,781	(0.30)
Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)	422,768	(45.86)
Nader/LaDuke (Grn.)	13,421	(1.46)
+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)	472,940	(51.31)
Total........921,781

Arkansas has early voting for 15 days prior to Election Day (starting Oct. 23) at county clerks' offices and in multiple locations in Pulaski Couty. Statewide about 18% voted early or by absentee ballot.l \\
Turnout as a percentage of voting age population was 47.79%. (U.S. avg. 53.76%).

Overview
The Bush ticket prevailed in President Clinton's home state, returning Arkansas' six electors to the Republican column. Gov. Bush carried 43 of the state's 75 counties and won by a plurality of 50,172 votes. He kept the race close in Pulaski County (Little Rock), and polled strongly in Northwest Arkansas (for example Benton County). In U.S. House races, Democrats picked up a seat as State Sen. Mike Ross of Prescott defeated incumbent Republican Rep. Jay Dickey of Pine Bluff by 51% to 49%.
General Election Activity

Primary Date: Tuesday, May 23, 2000

Voter Turnout: 19.08% of 1,527,453 registered voters.

Republican Primary

	Total Vote	Percent
+George W. Bush	35,783	80.23%
Alan Keyes	8,815	19.77%
Total	44,598

Total Delegates
24 of 2,066 (1.2%).

Democratic Primary

	Total Vote	Percent
+Al Gore	193,907	79.48%
Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.	53,181	21.52%
Total	247,088

Total Pledged Delegates
37 of 3,537 (1.0%).
Total Delegates
48 of 4,335 (1.1%).