Perryville, Arkansas is a small town in the middle of the Arkansas Delta region, located in Conway County. Politically, Perryville leans toward conservative values, with most residents voting Republican in local and national elections. The city has a mayor-council form of government, with the mayor elected to serve two-year terms. The current mayor is Steve Jackson who was elected in 2020. In addition to the mayor, Perryville also has six council members who are responsible for maintaining the city's infrastructure and services as well as creating laws that will benefit its citizens. While residents have differing opinions on specific issues, they largely agree on matters of fiscal responsibility and keeping taxes low. Perryville is also home to many active grassroots campaigns that provide educational programs about important political topics such as voting rights and racial justice reform.
The political climate in Perryville, AR is strongly conservative.
Perry County, AR is very conservative. In Perry County, AR 21.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Perry county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.2% to 21.9%.
Perry county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Perryville, AR is strongly conservative.
Perry County, Arkansas is very conservative.
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.
Perryville, 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 Perryville, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 79 contributions totaling $11,364 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23 contributions totaling $10,095 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $439 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)