Hickory Ridge, AR is located in the northwest corner of the state and is a small town with a population of just over 4,000. The local politics in Hickory Ridge are led by a mayor and city council. The mayor and city council are responsible for decisions that affect how the town runs. The mayor and council members are elected by the citizens of Hickory Ridge every four years, ensuring that the people’s voices are heard. There is also a local school board which is made up of several community members who work to ensure that school-aged children receive quality educational opportunities. Residents of Hickory Ridge come together every election cycle to decide on who will be their representatives for the next four years. This allows them to have an impact on their own futures and feel as though they are part of something larger than themselves.
The political climate in Hickory Ridge, AR is strongly conservative.
Cross County, AR is very conservative. In Cross County, AR 25.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cross county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.2% to 25.5%.
Cross county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hickory Ridge, AR is strongly conservative.
Cross 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.
Hickory Ridge, Arkansas: d 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 Hickory Ridge, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $625 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $313 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)