Cross, AR County has seen its fair share of political debates and discussions over the years. While there are no local political candidates running for office at this time, the county is home to a wide range of opinions when it comes to politics. Residents in Cross County have strong beliefs about various current issues and take part in lively conversations about the country's direction at the local diner or while grabbing coffee from the local cafe. Local town hall meetings often become heated as citizens debate topics such as taxes, education, immigration reform and healthcare. With no clear consensus on how those issues should be addressed, residents continue to agree to disagree but remain respectful during their exchanges.
The political climate in Cross County, AR is very conservative.
In Cross County, AR 25.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cross county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.2% to 25.5%.
Cross county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cross County, AR is very conservative.
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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.
Cross, Arkansas: d 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Cross County, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 150 contributions totaling $20,630 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 100 contributions totaling $28,703 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $287 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)