ARKANSAS 6 Electoral Votes
Population 
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Arkansas Secretary of State)
Total Population, July 1, 2004 est. 2,752,629
Total Registration, Nov. 2004 1,684,684
Arkansas has: 75 counties.
Largest counties: Pulaski, Washington, Benton, Sebastian.

Government
Governor: Mike Huckabee (R) assumed office in 1996, elected in 1998 and 2002.
State Legislature: Arkansas General Assembly   House: 100 seats  Senate: 35 seats 
Local: Cities and Towns...   NACO Counties
U.S. House: 3D, 1R - 1. M.Berry (D) | 2. V.Snyder (D) | 3. J. Boozman (R) | 4. M.Ross (D). >>
U.S. Senate: Mark Pryor (D) elected in 2002, Blanche Lambert Lincoln (D) re-elected in 2004. 
Sen. Blanche Lambert Lincoln was comfortably re-elected, defeating State Sen. Jim Holt by 580,973 votes to Holt's 458,036 (55.90% to 44.07%).  Arkansas had a gay marriage measure on the ballot.  Proposed Constitutional Amendment 3, "providing that marriage consists only of the union of one man and one woman," passed overwhelmingly by a margin of 753,770 to 251,914 (74.95% to 25.05%).

The Natural State
 

  State of Arkansas
Secretary of State

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

Ark. Dem.-Gazette
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Media (TV)

Politics1-AR
 
General Election -- Tuesday, November 2, 2004
Voter Registration Deadline: Oct. 3, 2004 (30 days before the Election).
Early Voting Begins: Oct. 18, 2004 (15 days before the Election).
Official Results
Badnarik/Campagna (Lib.)
2,352
(0.22)
+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
572,898
 (54.31)
Cobb/LaMarche (Grn.) 1,488 (0.14)
Kerry/Edwards (Dem.) 469,953
(44.55)
Nader/Camejo (Pop.)
6,171
(0.58)
Peroutka/Baldwin (Const.)
2,083
(0.20)
Total........1,054,945
 
Total Over Votes 7,249 
Total Under Votes 8,379
2004 Overview
Arkansas is another Southern state where the  Kerry-Edwards ticket did not go over too well.  The Bush ticket expanded upon its 2000 showing, gaining a plurality of 102,945 votes (9.76 percentage points) and carrying 54 of 75 counties (results by county).
General Election Details
Kerry/Allies  |  Bush-Cheney '04
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

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                                               \\
Total Registration, Oct. 10, 2000 -  1,553,356
Voting Age Population, Nov. 2000 -  1,929,000
Turnout as a percentage of voting age population was 47.79%.  (U.S. avg. 53.76%).		 2000 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 Election -- Tuesday, May 18, 2004
Democratic
June 17, 2004  -2216 of 2250 polling locations
Votes
Percent
Lyndon H. LaRouche
14,869
6%
+John F. Kerry
176,534
66%
Dennis J. Kucinich
13,625
5%
Uncommitted
60,821
23%
Total  
47 Delegates (36 District, 11 Unpledged) and 6 Alternates.

Republicans
35 Delegates (12 CD and 23 At Large)
George W. Bush 40,347 (97%)     Uncomm. 1,146 (3%)
 

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