Boone County, Arkansas is a rural county located in the northern part of the state. Its politics are generally conservative and it has an active Republican Party. The Republican Party in Boone County strives to bring about change through limited government involvement and conservative principles. In recent years, there have been several locally elected officials from the Republican party, most notably former State Senator Jim Holt. Local elections are contested by both major political parties as well as various local candidates. In addition to Holt, recent notable Republicans who have been elected include Circuit Clerk Jimmy Wilson and County Sheriff Robert Puckett. These elected officials work hard to ensure that the people of Boone County get the representation they deserve in their local government.
The political climate in Boone County, AR is very conservative.
In Boone County, AR 17.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Boone county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.8% to 17.9%.
Boone county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Boone County, AR is very conservative.
Harrison 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.
Boone, 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 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 Boone County, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 805 contributions totaling $38,835 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 455 contributions totaling $76,715 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $169 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)