The town of Monette, AR, located in Craighead County, is a small agricultural community. When it comes to politics, the people of Monette typically vote along Republican lines. The county has been consistently voting Republican in recent elections. In 2016, Donald Trump received 70% of the vote in Craighead County. In 2020 the presidential election was won with 69% of the vote for Donald Trump. This trend is exemplified within Monette as well. There are currently no local political candidates to name, however Doyle Webb is the current chairman of the Arkansas Republican Party and he hails from Monette. Overall, Monette’s political landscape reflects that of much of Craighead County - a strong affinity for conservative values and principles and support for Republican candidates.
The political climate in Zip 72447 (Monette, AR) is strongly conservative.
Craighead County, AR is very conservative. In Craighead County, AR 31.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Craighead county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.4% to 31.0%.
Craighead county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 72447 (Monette, AR) is strongly conservative.
Monette, Arkansas is strongly conservative.
Craighead County, Arkansas is very conservative.
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.
Monette, 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 zip 72447 (Monette)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $50 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $2,010 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)