Clinton abandoned Arkansas years ago for the big city in the northeast.
And yet Bill and Hillary Clinton are still very popular figures in the Natural State. And I'm not surprised, afterall Clinton did do a lot of good for the people of Arkansas during his tenure as Governor. One can only look to Wikipedia for some of the answers, like this one for example:
Also, I would like to point out to you Winfield that if Hillary Clinton had indeed defeated Barack Obama for the 2008 Democratic Nomination that she would have comfortably carried Arkansas and their six Electoral College votes. Stick that up your pipe and smoke it!