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See Arkansas primary election type, who can vote in primaries, and historical 2024 Democratic and Republican delegate allocation details.
Who Can Vote
Arkansas lists multiple primary classifications: Open: Democratic State, Democratic Presidential, and Republican Presidential. Open to Unaffiliated: Republican State. Eligibility can depend on the party, office, ballot type, and election cycle.
Open: Democratic State, Democratic Presidential, and Republican Presidential. Open to Unaffiliated: Republican State.
Primary rules can vary by party, office, and election cycle. Confirm your current ballot eligibility with state election officials, your local election office, or the relevant political party.
The delegate totals on this page are historical 2024 presidential cycle data. They help explain the last presidential allocation cycle but should not be treated as current-cycle delegate counts.
Primary Type
For 2026, Arkansas Republicans exclude registered Democrats from their primary; Republican and Optional voters may participate. The Democratic primary remains open. Vote in only one party’s primary and do not switch parties for its runoff.
Delegates
2024 Democratic Delegates
The Democratic Party in Arizona uses a proportional representation system based on the results of the Presidential Preference Election (Primary) for apportioning delegates to the Democratic National Convention. In the PROPORTIONAL type of presidential...
2024 Republican Delegates
Arkansas' Republican Party use the Winner-Takes-Most system. Only those presidential candidates receiving a minimum of 15% of the total statewide votes cast in the GOP primary are entitled to receive delegates or alternates to the Republican National...
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Arkansas is listed with the following primary type classification: Open, Open to Unaffiliated.
Arkansas lists multiple primary classifications: Open: Democratic State, Democratic Presidential, and Republican Presidential. Open to Unaffiliated: Republican State. Eligibility can depend on the party, office, ballot type, and election cycle.
Arkansas can list different classifications for presidential, state, congressional, Democratic, Republican, or nonpartisan contests. The page lists the model breakdown as: Open: Democratic State, Democratic Presidential, and Republican Presidential. Open to Unaffiliated: Republican State.
The model lists 37 Democratic delegate votes and 40 Republican delegate votes for the 2024 presidential cycle.
The delegate totals shown for Arkansas are historical 2024 presidential cycle data where listed. Confirm current-cycle delegate plans with official party materials or state election sources.
Use state election materials, party materials, and selected reference links where available. This page links to Official 2026 primary guidance and TheGreenPapers - 2024 Presidential Primary Delegates.