Mansfield, Arkansas is a small town located in northern Arkansas. It has a population of approximately 1,074 people, according to the most recent census. Despite its size, Mansfield has an active local political scene. Every four years, residents head to the polls to elect candidates for city council and mayor positions. Candidates come from all walks of life and put forward platforms focused on improving education standards, increasing public safety and creating more job opportunities for citizens. This election year will see two candidates vying for the position of mayor: incumbent Mayor Mark Davis and challenger Jackie Jones. Both candidates are well-respected members of their communities and have strong records when it comes to serving the people of Mansfield. As they continue to campaign over the course of this election season, citizens can look forward to hearing their ideas about how they plan to move Mansfield forward into the future.
The political climate in Mansfield, 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
Mansfield, AR is strongly conservative.
Sebastian County, Arkansas 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.
Mansfield, 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 Mansfield, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 60 contributions totaling $2,511 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 96 contributions totaling $23,460 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $244 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)