Morrilton, Arkansas is a small city located in Conway County. It has a population of around 6,000 people and is the county seat of the county. The local politics in Morrilton are often determined by the citizens who reside here. It is not uncommon to have candidates running for various positions in the city government such as Mayor or City Councilman. Voter turnout is regularly high and the citizens of Morrilton take their civic duty seriously when electing officials to represent them. There are many opportunities for citizens to get involved with local politics and be a part of the decision making process that shapes their community.
The political climate in Morrilton, AR is moderately conservative.
Conway County, AR is very conservative. In Conway County, AR 30.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 4.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Conway county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.6% to 30.1%.
Conway county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Morrilton, AR is moderately conservative.
Conway County, Arkansas is very conservative.
Arkansas is strongly conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Morrilton, Arkansas: r r R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Morrilton, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 900 contributions totaling $19,928 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $22 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 231 contributions totaling $64,038 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $277 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)