The politics of Forrest City, AR are centered around a few key issues such as education, public safety, and economic development. Education is paramount in the city with many initiatives underway to improve infrastructure and offer more resources to students. Public safety is also an important priority, with both local and state law enforcement working together to ensure the safety of citizens. Economic development has also been a major focus in recent years with efforts to attract businesses and create jobs for locals. Local political candidates have various views on these issues which often reflect the values of their constituents. Overall, Forrest City’s political environment is constantly changing as elected officials work together to tackle the city’s most pressing needs.
The political climate in Forrest City, AR is somewhat liberal.
St. Francis County, AR is leaning liberal. In St. Francis County, AR 50.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Francis county remained moderately Democratic, 50.7% to 45.6%.
St. Francis county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Forrest City, AR is somewhat liberal.
St. Francis County, Arkansas is leaning liberal.
Forrest City Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Forrest City, Arkansas: D D D D D d
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 Forrest City, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,875 contributions totaling $65,979 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 78 contributions totaling $15,744 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $202 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)