Waldron, AR is a small town located in Scott County with a population of approximately 3,400 people. Waldron has a city government that helps to make sure the town runs smoothly and safely for its residents. The mayor of Waldron is Mike Layton who was elected in 2020. The members of the city council are Paul Jones, Robin Garner, Linda Johnson, Robert Cooper, Dale McKinnon and Martha White. All of these individuals work together to ensure that local ordinances are upheld and that all citizens have the opportunity to voice their opinions within the political process. In addition to the city government, there are several other organizations in place such as the Chamber of Commerce which works to promote economic growth within the area. As with most small towns in Arkansas, politics in Waldron are conducted on a local level with each individual being able to make their opinion heard through various forms of communication like voting at elections or attending town hall meetings.
The political climate in Waldron, AR is strongly conservative.
Scott County, AR is very conservative. In Scott County, AR 13.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Scott county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.4% to 13.6%.
Scott county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Waldron, AR is strongly conservative.
Scott County, Arkansas is very 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.
Waldron, 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 Waldron, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 25 contributions totaling $1,757 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $5,353 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $297 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)