Wheatley, AR is a small town located in Phillips County and has a population of approximately 500 people. It is governed by a mayor-council system of government, with five council members elected from single-member districts. The current mayor, Bill Smithson, was elected in 2015 and has served four consecutive terms so far. Issues that local politicians have focused on include improving public infrastructure, increasing economic development opportunities, and providing services to the community's residents. Wheatley has no major political parties present in the town and elections are held every two years. The citizens of Wheatley are passionate about their community and take an active role in local government through attending city meetings and offering their opinions and expertise on topics that concern them.
The political climate in Wheatley, AR is leaning conservative.
St. Francis County, AR is leaning liberal. In St. Francis County, AR 50.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Francis county remained moderately Democratic, 50.7% to 45.6%.
St. Francis county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wheatley, AR is leaning conservative.
St. Francis County, Arkansas is leaning liberal.
Forrest City Metro Area is leaning 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.
Wheatley, 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 Wheatley, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $1,886 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $269 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)