Rison, Arkansas is a small town located in Cleveland County. The town does not have its own local government and instead is governed by the County as a whole. As such, the politics of Rison largely reflect that of the greater county and state, with many of the issues discussed in elections being based around improving education and infrastructure, reducing taxes and creating jobs. Residents of Rison have voiced their opinion on these matters through voting for officials at a county and state level. While there are no local political candidates or campaigns running specifically for Rison, residents still exercise their right to vote for those who would best represent their interests at all levels.
The political climate in Rison, AR is strongly conservative.
Cleveland County, AR is very conservative. In Cleveland County, AR 18.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cleveland county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.6% to 18.1%.
Cleveland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rison, AR is strongly conservative.
Cleveland County, Arkansas is very conservative.
Pine Bluff Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Rison, 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 Rison, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 72 contributions totaling $31,461 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $437 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)