The politics of Scranton, AR are largely dominated by the Republican Party, with large majorities in both the state legislature and congressional delegation. However, the city does have a few Democratic representatives, such as State Representative Mary Lou Slinkard. The local political scene is mostly focused on addressing issues such as education, crime prevention, economic development, and infrastructure improvements. There is a strong emphasis placed on ensuring that the city's residents receive quality services from their government officials. Additionally, Scranton has been making efforts to attract new businesses to the area and improve job opportunities for its citizens. In 2019, Mayor Kendrick Simons was elected after running on a platform promising to revitalize downtown Scranton and attract more visitors to the area. Overall, Scranton has a diverse political landscape that reflects its unique blend of rural and urban influences.
The political climate in Scranton, AR is very conservative.
Logan County, AR is very conservative. In Logan County, AR 18.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Logan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.3% to 18.8%.
Logan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Scranton, AR is very conservative.
Logan 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.
Scranton, 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 Scranton, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 20 contributions totaling $898 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $2,674 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $149 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)