Hackett, Arkansas is a small town located in Sebastian County with a population of just over 1,000 people. Although a small community, Hackett has an active political scene. Every two years the residents of Hackett vote to select their mayor and members of the city council. Currently, Mayor Bill Brown and five council members are in office who serve four year terms. In addition to local politics, Hackett residents also participate in state and national elections. During each election cycle town hall meetings are held along with candidate forums to ensure that all voters have a chance to learn more about the candidates before casting their ballot. The town also provides easy access for residents wanting to register or update their voter information. With so many opportunities available for voting and civic involvement, Hackett remains an engaged community when it comes to politics.
The political climate in Hackett, AR is strongly conservative.
Sebastian County, AR is very conservative. In Sebastian County, AR 30.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sebastian county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.2% to 30.7%.
Sebastian county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hackett, AR is strongly conservative.
Sebastian County, Arkansas is very conservative.
Fort Smith 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.
Hackett, 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 Hackett, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 51 contributions totaling $2,172 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 24 contributions totaling $1,660 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)