Clarkedale, AR is a small town with a population of around 5,000 people. The local politics are quite active and involve a great deal of community involvement and discussion. The city has two governing bodies responsible for making decisions about the town: the City Council and the Mayor. Each year, local citizens take part in elections to choose their representatives on City Council and mayor. There have been several controversial issues over the years, but the citizens remain engaged in politics and always make sure their voices are heard at the ballot box. This positive attitude toward civic engagement has helped keep Clarkdale's political climate vibrant and engaging for all those involved.
The political climate in Clarkedale, AR is leaning conservative.
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
Clarkedale, AR is leaning conservative.
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.
Clarkedale, 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 Clarkedale, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 253 contributions totaling $20,494 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 389 contributions totaling $108,324 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $278 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)