Nashville, Arkansas is a small town nestled in the foothills of the Ouachita Mountains. It is a rural community and has a population of around 2,500 people. Politics in Nashville is traditionally conservative, with many of its citizens participating actively in local elections. The town's mayor and city council members are elected every four years in an open election, providing citizens with the opportunity to have a say in how their government operates. The majority of local candidates running for office are Republicans and they focus on issues such as improving infrastructure, reducing taxes, and promoting economic development. Nashvillians are also very passionate about protecting their environment and preserving their rural way of life. Although political dialogue can be heated at times, most Nashvillians come together at the end of the day to ensure that their town remains a safe and prosperous place to live.
The political climate in Nashville, AR is moderately conservative.
Howard County, AR is very conservative. In Howard County, AR 27.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Howard county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.7% to 27.7%.
Howard county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Nashville, AR is moderately conservative.
Howard 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.
Nashville, 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 Nashville, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 158 contributions totaling $13,531 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 60 contributions totaling $8,650 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)