Dardanelle, Arkansas is a small city located in the northwest corner of the state. It has a strong sense of community and is home to many businesses, schools, and local organizations. The political landscape of Dardanelle is mainly dominated by the Republican Party. In recent years, Republicans have held the majority of positions throughout the local government including city council and school board members. Local elections for these positions are usually held every two years and generally feature a wide range of candidates from both major political parties. When it comes to national politics, residents of Dardanelle tend to favor Republican candidates over Democratic ones, although there are some who consider themselves independent or unaffiliated voters. Despite its small size, Dardanelle is active in its political activity and takes great pride in representing their beliefs through voting and other forms of civic engagement.
The political climate in Dardanelle, AR is moderately conservative.
Yell County, AR is very conservative. In Yell County, AR 19.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Yell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.5% to 19.0%.
Yell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dardanelle, AR is moderately conservative.
Yell County, Arkansas is very conservative.
Russellville Metro Area 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.
Dardanelle, 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 Dardanelle, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 51 contributions totaling $14,075 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $276 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23 contributions totaling $4,920 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $214 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)