2016 Arkansas precinct and election results shapefile. ## RDH Date retrieval 08/03/2021 ## Sources Election results from Arkansas Secretary of State (https://www.sos.arkansas.gov/elections/research/election-results) Precinct shapefile primarily from Jennifer Wheeler at the Arkansas GIS Office who provided an unreleased interim version of the statewide precinct shapefile with updated or corrected boundaries. Where noted below, the 2016 shapefile release from the Arkansas GIS Office was used to reverse changes not yet enacted for the 2016 election. ## Fields metadata Vote Column Label Format ------------------------ Columns reporting votes follow a standard label pattern. One example is: G16PREDCli The first character is G for a general election, P for a primary, S for a special, and R for a runoff. Characters 2 and 3 are the year of the election. Characters 4-6 represent the office type (see list below). Character 7 represents the party of the candidate. Characters 8-10 are the first three letters of the candidate's last name. Office Codes AGR - Commissioner of Agriculture ATG - Attorney General AUD - Auditor COM - Comptroller COU - City Council Member DEL - Delegate to the U.S. House GOV - Governor H## - U.S. House, where ## is the district number. AL: at large. HOD - House of Delegates, accompanied by a HOD_DIST column indicating district number HOR - U.S. House, accompanied by a HOR_DIST column indicating district number INS - Commissioner of Insurance LAB - Commissioner of Labor LTG - Lieutenant Governor LND - Commissioner of Public Lands PRE - President PSC - Public Service Commissioner PUC - Public Utilities Commissioner RGT - State University Regent RRC - Railroad Commissioner SAC - State Court of Appeals SCC - State Court of Criminal Appeals SOS - Secretary of State SOV - Senate of Virginia, accompanied by a SOV_DIST column indicating district number SPI - Superintendent of Public Instruction SSC - State Supreme Court TRE - Treasurer USS - U.S. Senate Party Codes D and R will always represent Democrat and Republican, respectively. See the state-specific notes for the remaining codes used in a particular file; note that third-party candidates may appear on the ballot under different party labels in different states. ## Fields G16PRERTRU - Donald J. Trump (Republican Party) G16PREDCLI - Hillary Clinton (Democratic Party) G16PRELJOH - Gary Johnson (Libertarian Party) G16PREOMCM - Evan McMullin (Better for America Party) G16PREGSTE - Jill Stein (Green Party) G16PREIHED - Jim Hedges (Independent) G16PRECCAS - Darrell L. Castle (Constitution Party) G16PREIKAH - Lynn S. Kahn (Independent) G16USSRBOO - John Boozman (Republican Party) G16USSDELD - Conner Eldridge (Democratic Party) G16USSLGIL - Frank Gilbert (Libertarian Party) G16USSOWRI - Write-in Votes ## Processing Steps Countywide votes were distributed for Calhoun, Fulton, Izard, Jefferson, Ouachita, Union. These were distributed by candidate to precincts based on their share of the precinct-level reported vote. Precinct mergers were made in the following counties to match county reporting units: Ashley, Carroll, Chicot, Clark, Crittenden, Dallas, Faulkner, Hot Spring, Howard, Independence, Jackson, Mississippi, Monroe, Nevada, Ouachita, Phillips, Poinsett, St. Francis. The following additional revisions were made to match the 2016 precinct boundaries. Benton: Reduce precincts from 117 to 94 based on 2016 county PDF; Precinct 61 and 72 boundaries from 2016 shapefile; Align Siloam Springs and Gravette with 2016 municipal boundaries Boone: Add precinct splits with municipal and district boundaries on county map Craighead: Align Lake City with 2016 municipal boundary Crawford: Add Van Buren ward numbers from 2010 VTDs Cross: Add Twist Precinct from 2016 shapefile Franklin: Merge Ozark 1-C with Ozark 1-B to match 2016 voter file; Add Ozark Rural 1-C boundaries from 2012/2014 Secretary of State shapefile Fulton: Split Afton/Mammoth Spring with 2016 shapefile Greene: Align Paragould wards with city PDF Howard: Add Mineral Springs wards from 2016 shapefile Izard: Split Sage in Melbourne 4 and Oxford in Brockwell with township shapefile Jackson: Newport JP 2, Newport JP 7, Tuckerman 2 from Justice of the Peace shapefile; Omit R&I 7 as it was not in use for 2016 general election Jefferson: Precincts 6, 35, 38, 39, 42, 43, 44, 46, 52, 63, 129, 402, 411 from 2016 shapefile; Reverse Redfield annexation for Precincts 87, 94, 810 Madison: County precincts outside Huntsville from 2016 shapefile Newton: Omit Plumlee although 0 votes reported in election results; Plumlee had merged into Ponca Phillips: Add Helena-West Helena wards from city redistricting map Sebastian: Reverse Fort Smith annexation for Precincts 4-H, 9-6A Sharp: Washington 1 and Washington 2 had no defined boundary; Voters in Washington Township were given the option of 2 poll locations St. Francis: Align Forrest City wards with city PDF and municipal code Stone: Split Ben 1/Ben 2 according to Secretary of State map; Merge Fifty Six/Northwest and Foothills 1/2 due to early vote reporting errors Washington: Reverse Greenland and West Fork annexations with 2016 shapefile Yell: Split Dardanelle Ward 3 JP 10 with Justice of the Peace shapefile