1968: The Three Faces of Arkansas

[RBH]

From Left to Right: Humphrey v. Nixon v. Wallace in Arkansas, Sen. Fulbright (D-Fayetteville) v. Charles Bernard (R-Earle), Gov. Win Rockefeller (R-Morrilton) v. Marion Crank (D-Foreman)



The overall results:

President: Wallace 39%, Nixon 31%, Humphrey 30%
Senator: Fulbright 59%, Bernard 41%
Governor: Rockefeller 52%, Crank 48%

Quite a bit of ticket splitting.

(I got the County results from a table in one of the CQ databases)

[memphis]

Not too surprsing. Arkansas voters are still very independent. Blacks are, of course, loyal Dems and the hill people/Wal-Mart people in the NW are loyal Republicans, cancelling each other out. The rest of the state is fairly populist and has no trouble supporting both Bill Clinton and George W Bush.

[minionofmidas]

Not too surprsing. Arkansas voters are still very independent. Blacks are, of course, loyal Dems and the hill people/Wal-Mart people in the NW are loyal Republicans, cancelling each other out. The rest of the state is fairly populist and has no trouble supporting both Bill Clinton and George W Bush.

Actually, look at the map on the right. Rockefeller won on a hill people/Black coalition.

[memphis]

Not too surprsing. Arkansas voters are still very independent. Blacks are, of course, loyal Dems and the hill people/Wal-Mart people in the NW are loyal Republicans, cancelling each other out. The rest of the state is fairly populist and has no trouble supporting both Bill Clinton and George W Bush.

Actually, look at the map on the right. Rockefeller won on a hill people/Black coalition.

I was talking more about today. Rockefeller, as his name implies, was a very liberal old-fashioined Republican.  He pulled together a curious combination though. Thanks for pointing that out.

[minionofmidas]

What's up with Crawford (that third county from the North on the Western border)? One of 8 counties Bernard carries, but votes for neither Nixon nor Rockefeller?

[memphis]

What's up with Crawford (that third county from the North on the Western border)? One of 8 counties Bernard carries, but votes for neither Nixon nor Rockefeller?

I can't find any info on Bernard, but presume based on geography that he won those 8 counties on regional party loyalty.  Nixon and Rockefeller would have been too liberal. This is very conservative territory.

[jokerman]

What's up with Crawford (that third county from the North on the Western border)? One of 8 counties Bernard carries, but votes for neither Nixon nor Rockefeller?

I can't find any info on Bernard, but presume based on geography that he won those 8 counties on regional party loyalty.  Nixon and Rockefeller would have been too liberal. This is very conservative territory.

That's probably about right.