Arkadelphia, AR is a small city with a population of about 11,000 people. It is located in Clark County and is the county seat. Despite its small size, Arkadelphia has an active political scene. The most recent mayoral election in 2020 was contested by two candidates, Dewayne Phelon and Rita Sanger. The results of this election featured incumbent Dewayne Phelon being re-elected as mayor for a third consecutive term. The city council is also quite active and consists of seven members who are elected to four-year terms. Numerous issues have recently been addressed by the council, such as economic development in the downtown area, infrastructure improvements, and public safety initiatives. In addition to local politics, Arkadelphia residents also take part in state and federal elections by voting for their representatives at both levels of government. All told, Arkadelphia's political landscape offers plenty of opportunities for residents to get involved and make their community better.
The political climate in Arkadelphia, AR is leaning conservative.
Clark County, AR is somewhat conservative. In Clark County, AR 41.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 4.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clark county remained strongly Republican, 55.0% to 41.0%.
Clark county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Arkadelphia, AR is leaning conservative.
Clark County, Arkansas is somewhat conservative.
Arkadelphia Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Arkadelphia, Arkansas: D d 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Arkadelphia, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 513 contributions totaling $166,922 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $325 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 308 contributions totaling $34,779 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)