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Town and Country: Race Relations in an Urban-Rural Context, Arkansas 1865–1905. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1990. Kousser, J. Morgan. The Shaping of Southern Politics: Suffrage Restriction and the Establishment of the One-Party South, 1880–1910. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1974. Ogden, Frederic D. The Poll Tax in the ...
The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Arkansas: Governor; Lieutenant Governor; Secretary of State; Attorney General; State Auditor; State Treasurer; State Land Commissioner; The table also indicates the historical party composition in the: State Senate; State House of Representatives
Arkansas was the only state in the nation not carried by Republicans at least once between 1876 and 1968, although it voted for segregationist George Wallace in 1968. It was the only Deep South state carried by Lyndon Johnson in 1964, just following the passage of the Civil Rights Act, however, Democratic support did weaken after this.
Arkansas was a strongly Democratic state before the Civil War, electing only candidates from the Democratic party. It elected three Republican governors following Reconstruction, but after the Democratic Party re-established control, 92 years passed before voters chose another Republican.
Voters in three Arkansas state House districts will return to the polls Tuesday to complete some unfinished business from the March 5 primaries, including one race in which Republican Gov. Sarah ...
In the 1968 presidential election, American Independent Party candidate George Wallace became the second third-party presidential candidate to win Arkansas. [9] Arkansas was the only state in the 1992 presidential election to be won by a majority of the popular vote; [ 10 ] Bill Clinton , its governor at the time, won Arkansas with 53.21 ...
Political history of Arkansas (7 C, 2 P) K. ... Political parties in Arkansas (2 C, 5 P) Arkansas politicians (13 C) Pages in category "Politics of Arkansas"
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