Greenland, Arkansas is a small town located in West Fork Township in Washington County. The town has a population of 1,978 inhabitants according to the most recent census. Despite its small size, the town participates in local politics and elections. Greenland has a mayor who is responsible for legislative and executive duties such as enforcing laws, approving budget decisions, and appointing committees. In addition to the mayor, there are seven city council members who serve four-year terms to make sure that city ordinances are enforced. Every two years Greenland holds municipal elections in which local citizens can vote for mayor and one or more of the city council members. Additionally, residents of Greenland may also participate in national elections and select their representatives for the United States House of Representatives and Senate.
The political climate in Greenland, AR is somewhat conservative.
Washington County, AR is leaning conservative. In Washington County, AR 46.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained Republican, 50.4% to 46.5%.
Washington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Greenland, AR is somewhat conservative.
Washington County, Arkansas is leaning conservative.
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers Metro Area is moderately 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.
Greenland, 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 Greenland, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,317 contributions totaling $582,424 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $135 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 465 contributions totaling $205,705 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $442 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)