Mitchellville, AR is a small town located in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains with a population of just over 500 people. Although Mitchellville is a small town, it has an active political climate. Local political candidates regularly campaign for city council and mayor positions in order to drive positive change in their community. The current mayor, Robby Johnson, has been running local politics since 2013 and was re-elected for his second term in 2019. He works hard to ensure that the town's citizens receive adequate resources and services, such as public transportation and quality education opportunities. In addition to Mayor Johnson, the City Council consists of representatives from each ward who are elected by local residents every two years. The council works together with Mayor Johnson to make decisions that will benefit the entire community and keep Mitchellville moving forward into a bright future.
The political climate in Mitchellville, AR is somewhat liberal.
Desha County, AR is leaning liberal. In Desha County, AR 48.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 5.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Desha county remained narrowly Democratic, 48.4% to 46.1%.
Desha county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mitchellville, AR is somewhat liberal.
Desha County, Arkansas is leaning liberal.
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.
Mitchellville, Arkansas: D D D D d d
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 Mitchellville, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 59 contributions totaling $11,875 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $201 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $516 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)