Clarksville, AR is a small city located in Johnson County in Northwest Arkansas. It has a vibrant local political landscape with an active citizenry that participates in elections and works to support their community. As the county seat, Clarksville is home to a wide range of local government offices including the mayor's office, police and fire departments, school board, library board, parks and recreation department, and many more. Each of these offices are elected by Clarksville residents who also have the opportunity to vote in state-level elections such as primaries and general elections for Congressional representatives, state legislature members, and even governors. The people of Clarksville have an active voice in determining their future through their participation in local politics.
The political climate in Clarksville, AR is strongly conservative.
Johnson County, AR is very conservative. In Johnson County, AR 24.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Johnson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.0% to 24.0%.
Johnson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Clarksville, AR is strongly conservative.
Johnson County, Arkansas is very 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.
Clarksville, Arkansas: r r 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 Clarksville, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 176 contributions totaling $12,998 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 164 contributions totaling $19,928 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $122 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)