Little Rock, AR is the capital and most populous city in Arkansas. The city is home to a diverse political landscape, with elected officials from both major parties serving at municipal, state, and federal levels. Local politics are centered around the Little Rock City Council, an 11-member body that includes a mayor and 10 council members elected by district. Little Rock also has two representatives in the Arkansas State Legislature who advocate for local issues at the Capitol in Little Rock. On a national level, Little Rock is represented by two U.S. Congressmen and two U.S. Senators who are dedicated to improving living standards and creating economic opportunity for residents of the city. All members of Congress have a long history of working together on bi-partisan legislation for the benefit of their constituents. With such strong representation in local and national government, Little Rock remains committed to progress and public service on all levels as it continues to develop into an even greater community for its citizens.
The political climate in Little Rock, AR is moderately liberal.
Pulaski County, AR is moderately liberal. In Pulaski County, AR 60.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 37.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pulaski county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.0% to 37.5%.
Pulaski county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Little Rock, AR is moderately liberal.
Pulaski County, Arkansas is moderately liberal.
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway Metro Area is leaning 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.
Little Rock, Arkansas: d D D D D D
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 Little Rock, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 18,577 contributions totaling $4,392,718 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $236 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6,252 contributions totaling $21,595,981 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $3,454 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)