Politics in Scott, AR have long been dominated by members of the Democratic Party. The current mayor is a Democrat, and the city council consists of five members, all from the Democratic Party. Despite its small population size, Scott has seen significant political activity over the years. Local issues such as public safety and infrastructure improvements are often debated among the local politicians. Community engagement is encouraged by both parties, with many residents getting involved in political campaigns or attending town meetings to voice their opinions on important policies in their city. With an array of different perspectives within its population, Scott is an important place for citizens to express themselves politically and help shape the future of their community.
The political climate in Scott, AR is leaning 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
Scott, AR is leaning 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.
Scott, 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 Scott, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 114 contributions totaling $24,943 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $219 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 91 contributions totaling $35,153 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $386 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)