West Memphis, AR is a small city that has relatively limited political involvement. It is represented by Congressman Rick Crawford (R) in the US House of Representatives. At the state level, Senator Keith Ingram (D) and Representative Reginald Murdock (D) represent West Memphis in the Arkansas State Legislature. Both hold staunchly progressive positions and have worked to bring issues such as education reform to the state legislature floor. Additionally, local government leadership includes Mayor Marco McClendon, who was elected in 2018 after five years on the City Council. He has worked diligently to address issues such as economic development, public safety, and infrastructure improvements throughout his time in office. Despite its small size, West Memphis takes pride in its diverse political landscape and is dedicated to finding solutions that can benefit all of its citizens.
The political climate in West Memphis, AR is somewhat liberal.
Crittenden County, AR is leaning liberal. In Crittenden County, AR 52.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Crittenden county remained moderately Democratic, 52.0% to 44.8%.
Crittenden county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
West Memphis, AR is somewhat liberal.
Crittenden County, Arkansas is leaning liberal.
Memphis Metro Area is somewhat 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.
West Memphis, 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 West Memphis, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 535 contributions totaling $89,729 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $168 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 852 contributions totaling $227,556 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $267 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)