More analysis of Arkansas election returns

Here's a map showing the counties that cast more Republican ballots (Red) than Democratic ballots (Blue) in Tuesday's primaries. These include Baxter, Benton, Boone, Miller, Newton, Polk, Saline, and Searcy counties.

Of course, there a lot of factors for this, but a lot of the people I've talked to were thankful that they could vote for a Republican for president and still vote Democratic in the May primary. I guess it's part of our staunchly independent streak here -- in 1968, we cast our lot with Wallace (I) for President, Fulbright (D) for Senate, and Rockefeller (R) for Governor.



How does this compare with previous presidential preferential primary numbers?

2008: 201,354 Dems; 148,674 GOP; 350,028 Total (88% reporting)
2004: 266,848 Dems; 38,363 GOP; 305,211 Total
2000: 246,900 Dems; 44,573 GOP; 291,473 Total
1996: 300,389 Dems; 42,814 GOP; 343,203 Total

Highest turnout percentage goes to Clark and Madison counties (46%). Counties with the highest number of voters isn't surprising: top five are Pulaski (83,725), Washington (33,302), Benton (32,596), Saline (23,605), and Garland (21,020). Sebastian, Craighead, Faulkner, and White should be up there once they report. Jefferson, Crawford, and Lonoke also all turned out more than 10,000.

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