Shirley, AR is a small town with a population of just over 1,000 people located in rural Arkansas. The local politics in Shirley are centered around the mayor and city council who are responsible for making decisions about how the city is run. The mayor and city council are elected by the citizens of Shirley every two years and their job is to ensure that the town's needs are met in terms of infrastructure, services, safety and more. Additionally, they make sure that taxes collected from residents are used responsibly to benefit the whole community. In addition to the mayor and city council, there are also county representatives who work closely with local officials to ensure that Shirley gets its fair share of state resources for things like jobs and economic development. They also help to bridge any gaps between different areas of the area so all parts can thrive.
The political climate in Shirley, AR is strongly conservative.
Van Buren County, AR is very conservative. In Van Buren County, AR 20.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Van Buren county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.3% to 20.4%.
Van Buren county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Shirley, AR is strongly conservative.
Van Buren 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.
Shirley, 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 Shirley, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 32 contributions totaling $1,021 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 42 contributions totaling $5,585 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $133 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)