Marion, AR County has a long history of politics that dates back to the state's founding in 1836. The county has an active political atmosphere, with local issues and candidates discussed within the community. While it is not possible to include population or name local political candidates due to their constantly changing nature, there are many ways to become involved in the community and engaged in local politics. Citizens can attend public forums and meetings of the Marion County Board of Supervisors, as well as network with elected officials through various social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. Furthermore, individuals have the opportunity to volunteer for campaigns or even run for office themselves. Through these avenues, citizens can become informed about current issues facing their county and make sure their voice is heard at the polls during elections.
The political climate in Marion County, AR is very conservative.
In Marion County, AR 20.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marion county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.1% to 20.4%.
Marion county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Marion 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.
Marion, 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 Marion County, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 251 contributions totaling $42,901 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $171 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 192 contributions totaling $32,062 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $167 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)