Kirby, Arkansas is a small town located in Washington County with a population of just over 2,700 people. The politics of Kirby are reflective of the surrounding communities in the area, which lean heavily towards conservative values and policies. While there are no local races for political office within Kirby itself, residents of the area participate in elections for county and state representatives who will represent their interests. Residents of Kirby also take part in national elections to help decide the direction of our country. Although there is no direct action taken by local politicians for Kirby’s citizens, they still have an important role to play in ensuring that their voices are heard and their needs represented on a larger scale.
The political climate in Kirby, AR is very conservative.
Pike County, AR is very conservative. In Pike County, AR 15.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pike county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.9% to 15.2%.
Pike county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kirby, AR is very conservative.
Pike 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.
Kirby, 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 Kirby, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 54 contributions totaling $7,686 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $142 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $3,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $500 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)