Swifton, AR is a small rural town located in the northeast corner of Arkansas. Politically speaking, the town is largely conservative and its residents tend to lean towards Republican values and ideals. The state government in Arkansas is dominated by Republicans and local elections often go to candidates from that party. Issues important to Swifton residents include economic development, job growth, education reform and improving infrastructure. Local leaders are focused on bringing new businesses and jobs into the area, while also working to ensure the continued success of existing businesses. Education remains an important issue for many in Swifton with residents looking for increased resources for schools as well as improved access to higher education opportunities for their children.
The political climate in Swifton, AR is strongly conservative.
Jackson County, AR is very conservative. In Jackson County, AR 26.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jackson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.6% to 26.8%.
Jackson county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Swifton, AR is strongly conservative.
Jackson 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.
Swifton, Arkansas: D D 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 Swifton, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $990 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)