Pine Bluff, Arkansas is a city located in Jefferson County and has a long history of political involvement. The city is governed by an elected mayor and nine members of the City Council, who work together to shape policy for the community. As part of this process, local elections take place every two years to determine which individuals will represent Pine Bluff's interests on the City Council. The current mayor of Pine Bluff is Shirley Washington, who was first elected in 2014. In addition to the mayor and City Council, there are many other local political organizations present in Pine Bluff that play an important role in shaping the city. These organizations include multiple party caucuses and special interest groups that advocate for their respective causes in order to bring about positive change across the city. In total, these organizations help keep citizens informed and involved in the political life of Pine Bluff.
The political climate in Pine Bluff, AR is moderately liberal.
Jefferson County, AR is moderately liberal. In Jefferson County, AR 59.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 37.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.5% to 37.8%.
Jefferson county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pine Bluff, AR is moderately liberal.
Jefferson County, Arkansas is moderately liberal.
Pine Bluff Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Pine Bluff, 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 Pine Bluff, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 451 contributions totaling $48,568 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 373 contributions totaling $155,543 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $417 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)