Russellville, Arkansas is a vibrant city located in the northwest corner of the state. It is well known for its small-town charm and friendly people. Politically, Russellville is a heavily Republican area with a majority of its citizens affiliating with this political party. Local races are usually contested by two or more Republican candidates, with the winner taking office. While there are Democratic candidates running in some local races from time to time, they typically do not fare very well in elections in Russellville. The Republicans who take office often have strong ties to their community which helps them build support for their policies and initiatives. Additionally, many of the elected officials take an active role in promoting and advocating for causes that are important to the citizens of Russellville.
The political climate in Russellville, AR is moderately conservative.
Pope County, AR is very conservative. In Pope County, AR 23.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pope county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.0% to 23.6%.
Pope county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Russellville, AR is moderately conservative.
Pope County, Arkansas is very conservative.
Russellville 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.
Russellville, 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 Russellville, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,447 contributions totaling $115,326 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,397 contributions totaling $407,023 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $291 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)