Searcy, AR is a vibrant and diverse community located in White County. Politics in the city are often seen as an important factor in the local government’s decision-making process. There are several elected representatives that serve the citizens of Searcy including Mayor Alicia K. McDaniel, City Council members Carla L. Brown, Scott Nolen, Steve Runyan, Chris Riddle, and Trey Lively. These representatives value transparency and work hard to ensure that all residents of Searcy have their voices heard when it comes to matters pertaining to local politics. Local political campaigns and debates tend to focus on issues such as economic development, infrastructure improvements, education opportunities for youth, public safety initiatives, and environmental protections. All candidates strive to improve the quality of life for all who live in Searcy while looking toward a more prosperous future for the entire city.
The political climate in Searcy, AR is moderately conservative.
White County, AR is very conservative. In White County, AR 19.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, White county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.3% to 19.4%.
White county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Searcy, AR is moderately conservative.
White County, Arkansas is very conservative.
Searcy Metro Area 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.
Searcy, 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 Searcy, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,611 contributions totaling $232,226 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,986 contributions totaling $457,261 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $230 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)