Blytheville, Arkansas is a small city located in Mississippi County that is full of history and culture. The politics in Blytheville are managed by a mayor and city council elected by the citizens of the town. The city has an open form of government and encourages active citizen participation to create its local policies. There are a variety of issues facing the town, from economic development to cultural heritage preservation, and the political decisions made by the local leaders have an impact on all areas. In addition to this, there are many organizations involved in local politics, such as Neighborhood Watch Programs, Citizen Advisory Boards, and City-Wide Task Forces that help ensure that Blytheville's citizens have their voices heard.
The political climate in Blytheville, AR is leaning conservative.
Mississippi County, AR is moderately conservative. In Mississippi County, AR 36.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 4.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mississippi county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.1% to 36.9%.
Mississippi county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Blytheville, AR is leaning conservative.
Mississippi County, Arkansas is moderately conservative.
Blytheville Metro Area is moderately 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.
Blytheville, Arkansas: D D 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 Blytheville, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 165 contributions totaling $5,270 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 124 contributions totaling $27,071 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $218 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)