The politics of Lavaca, AR is a diverse and vibrant environment that represents the people of this small town. The city government consists of five elected officials – Mayor, Recorder/Treasurer, City Clerk and two Aldermen – who are held responsible for making decisions on behalf of the citizens. In addition to overseeing daily operations, these officials are responsible for designing and maintaining the city’s budget, enacting local laws, responding to community needs and addressing any other issues that affect the lives of Lavaca’s residents. Elected representatives are tasked with listening to their constituents and working hard to ensure that all voices are heard in the decision-making process. Despite its small size, Lavaca prides itself on having an active voice when it comes to politics, as well as preserving its strong sense of community pride.
The political climate in Lavaca, AR is strongly conservative.
Sebastian County, AR is very conservative. In Sebastian County, AR 30.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sebastian county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.2% to 30.7%.
Sebastian county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lavaca, AR is strongly conservative.
Sebastian County, Arkansas is very conservative.
Fort Smith 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.
Lavaca, 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 Lavaca, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 74 contributions totaling $3,022 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 300 contributions totaling $22,664 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)