Arkansas City, AR is situated in a rural area of the state, and it has a small population of around 4,500 people. Despite its size, Arkansas City is an important political center in the region with various local government bodies that manage the day-to-day life of this small community. The city is represented by a number of elected officials from both major parties at the state level who are tasked with ensuring that local issues are heard and addressed in the legislature. Additionally, Arkansas City has various civic organizations that help residents become more politically engaged by bringing awareness to current issues and encouraging participation in local elections. This helps ensure that their voices are heard on matters of importance to them such as education, public safety, infrastructure investment, and economic development in their community.
The political climate in Arkansas City, AR is leaning conservative.
Desha County, AR is leaning liberal. In Desha County, AR 48.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 5.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Desha county remained narrowly Democratic, 48.4% to 46.1%.
Desha county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Arkansas City, AR is leaning conservative.
Desha County, Arkansas 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.
Arkansas City, 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 Arkansas City, 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 1 contributions totaling $1,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,000 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)