Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally on Saginaw Valley State University campus in Michigan on Oct. 3, 2024 ahead of the presidential election. (Photo: Anna Liz Nichols/Michigan Advance)
This story was updated with the latest results at 9:15 p.m.
Arkansas voters again chose Republican Donald Trump as their preferred presidential candidate on Tuesday.
The Associated Press called the race for the former president shortly after the polls closed. By 9:15 p.m. Central, the wire service estimated that with 59% of votes counted, Trump led his Democratic rival Vice President Kamala Harris 453,614 (62.8%) to 254,248 (35.2%).
This means all six of Arkansas’ Electoral College votes will go to Trump. Electoral votes are allocated based on how many representatives and senators a state has in Congress; Arkansas has four U.S. representatives and two senators.
Arkansas has been a reliably red state for more than two decades, voting for the Republican nominee since 2000, when George W. Bush won 51.3% of the vote. The last time Arkansas voted for a Democrat for president was in 1996, when Arkansas native Bill Clinton won his reelection bid with 53.7% of the state’s votes.
Trump won the state in 2020 with 62.4% to 34.8% for Joe Biden, who won the presidency.
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