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2016 Arkansas Poll Signals Easy Win In State For Trump, Boozman

Eight-Hundred randomly selected people were asked which problem or issue was most most important to them and their fellow Arkansans.
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Eight-Hundred randomly selected people were asked which problem or issue was most most important to them and their fellow Arkansans.
Eight-Hundred randomly selected people were asked which problem or issue was most most important to them and their fellow Arkansans.
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Eight-Hundred randomly selected people were asked which problem or issue was most most important to them and their fellow Arkansans.

The 18th annual Arkansas Poll is out and indicates the likely continued dominance of Republicans in state politics. The poll is commissioned by the University of Arkansas.

Through phone interviews conducted in late October, 800 randomly-selected Arkansas voters are asked 60 public policy questions. KUAR’s Chris Hickey talked results with poll director Janine Parry of the U of A political science department.

Listen to the interview.

Some findings of the 2016 Arkansas Poll:

-President: Donald Trump (R) 59 percent, Hillary Clinton (D) 36 percent.

-U.S. Senate: John Boozman (R) 61 percent; Conner Eldridge (D) 38 percent.

-Marijuana: Issue 6, Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment: For 51 percent; Against 49 percent.

-Gun Control Laws: For Stricter Laws 31 percent; for less strict laws: 14 percent; No change to current gun laws: 53 percent.

-Abortion: Make it more difficult to have abortion: 48 percent; make it easier to have abortion: 14 percent; no change to current law: 33 percent.

Other results can be found in the 2016 Arkansas Poll Summary Report

Copyright 2016 KUAR

Chris Hickey was born and raised in Houston, Texas, spending his teenage years in Camden, Ohio. He graduated from Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas, majoring in English. He got his start in public radio working as a board operator at WMUB in Oxford, Ohio during his summer and winter breaks from school. Since graduating, he has made Little Rock home. He joined KUAR in September 2011 as a production intern and has since enjoyed producing, anchoring and reporting for the station. He is the composer of KUAR's Week-In-Review Podcast theme music and the associate producer of Arts & Letters.