Jacksonville, Arkansas is a small city located in Pulaski County. It is home to over 28,000 residents, and has a strong sense of community spirit. The local government in Jacksonville consists of a Mayor-Council form of government, with the Mayor being elected to serve as the leader for four-year terms. The City Council is comprised of seven members, each with their own ward they represent in the city. Currently there are two candidates running for Mayor - incumbent Mayor Bob Johnson and challenger David Miller. Both candidates have emphasized their commitment to helping make Jacksonville an even better place to live and work by focusing on improving education, infrastructure and public safety. In addition, both have made improving economic development through job creation a priority for their campaigns. Ultimately it will be up to the voters of Jacksonville to decide who will lead them into the future.
The political climate in Jacksonville, AR is somewhat liberal.
Pulaski County, AR is moderately liberal. In Pulaski County, AR 60.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 37.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pulaski county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.0% to 37.5%.
Pulaski county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Jacksonville, AR is somewhat liberal.
Pulaski County, Arkansas is moderately liberal.
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway Metro Area is leaning 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.
Jacksonville, 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 Jacksonville, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,411 contributions totaling $145,617 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,175 contributions totaling $229,743 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $196 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)