Sweet Home, Arkansas is a small town located in central Arkansas. Despite its size, Sweet Home has a thriving political climate. The area is represented in the state legislature by two representatives, who serve to represent the interests of their constituents and further the agenda of their respective political parties. In addition to the state-level representation, Sweet Home also has a mayor and city council who work together to ensure the town's infrastructure runs smoothly and that its citizens are provided with essential services. The mayor is elected to a four-year term while members of the city council are elected for two-year terms. Local elections are held annually to determine which candidates will fill these positions. Sweet Home is committed to civic engagement and encourages all of its citizens to participate in local government decisions by attending meetings and voting in elections.
The political climate in Sweet Home, AR is somewhat 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
Sweet Home, AR is somewhat 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.
Sweet Home, 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 Sweet Home, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 684 contributions totaling $120,400 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $176 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 114 contributions totaling $20,640 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $181 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)