The politics of the Jonesboro, AR Metro Area are largely dominated by Republicans. The area has seen a surge of GOP votes over the last few years with Republicans now holding a majority in both state and federal elections. Much of this can be attributed to the increasing number of evangelical Christians residing in the area as well as the strong economy that has allowed more people to move into the region. Despite this, there is still plenty of discussion about local issues such as transportation, education, and healthcare with candidates from both sides debating their stances on these topics during election season. With all this in mind, it is clear that politics in Jonesboro, AR Metro Area is heavily influenced by the Republican Party although it remains an open and contested battleground each election cycle.
The political climate in Jonesboro Metro Area is very conservative.
In Jonesboro Metro Area 28.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Jonesboro metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.5% to 28.9%.
The Jonesboro metro area voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Jonesboro 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.
Jonesboro, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Jonesboro Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,345 contributions totaling $172,062 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $128 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,385 contributions totaling $577,730 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $417 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)