The politics in Taylor, AR are varied and interesting. The city is small and mostly rural, so a variety of traditional conservative views can be found among the population. However, it also has some progressive elements too with members of the community expressing support for social justice initiatives such as increasing access to healthcare and improving education opportunities for all students. Local political candidates come from a range of backgrounds, with some being long-time residents who have been involved in local politics for many years, while others are more recently arrived newcomers who bring their own unique perspectives to the table. Whatever candidate you choose to support, Taylor's citizens have diverse opinions when it comes to decision making and everyone should feel welcome to participate in the democratic process.
The political climate in Taylor, AR is strongly conservative.
Columbia County, AR is strongly conservative. In Columbia County, AR 32.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Columbia county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.8% to 32.7%.
Columbia county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Taylor, AR is strongly conservative.
Columbia County, Arkansas is strongly conservative.
Magnolia Metro Area is strongly 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.
Taylor, 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 Taylor, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $2,255 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)