Bradford, AR is a small city in Arkansas with a population of just 2,500 people. It is part of White County and is governed by the White County Quorum Court, which consists of nine justices of the peace who are elected from each district within White county. The political landscape in Bradford is heavily influenced by the concerns and values of its citizens, who tend to be strongly conservative in their views. Issues that have been important to Bradford's residents include jobs and economic development, education reform, and investments in infrastructure. Additionally, local elections are often hotly contested as candidates strive to prove their commitment to representing the people's best interests. In recent years, there has been an increase in political activism among Bradford's citizens as they become more engaged with the issues impacting their community.
The political climate in Bradford, AR is strongly conservative.
White County, AR is very conservative. In White County, AR 19.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, White county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.3% to 19.4%.
White county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bradford, AR is strongly conservative.
White County, Arkansas is very conservative.
Searcy 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.
Bradford, 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 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 Bradford, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $800 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $400 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $700 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $233 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)