Farmington, AR is a small town located in Washington County. The politics in this area are primarily focused on local city council and mayoral elections. Every four years, the citizens of Farmington come together to elect a mayor and their representatives for the city council. This election process gives local residents the opportunity to voice their opinions and have their concerns heard through voting for candidates that will best represent them. Through the election process, individuals are able to choose who will lead Farmington for the upcoming terms and show their support for candidates who share similar values and beliefs.
The political climate in Farmington, AR is leaning conservative.
Washington County, AR is leaning conservative. In Washington County, AR 46.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained Republican, 50.4% to 46.5%.
Washington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Farmington, AR is leaning conservative.
Washington County, Arkansas is leaning conservative.
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers 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.
Farmington, 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 Farmington, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,942 contributions totaling $785,646 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $159 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 744 contributions totaling $285,558 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $384 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)