Trumann, located in Poinsett County, Arkansas, is a small town with a population of just under 8,000 people. Despite its size, Trumann is a politically active community. Trumann City Council meetings are often well-attended and hotly contested. Residents of Trumann regularly attend elections to vote for local politicians such as the Mayor, City Council Members and State Representatives. Citizens of Trumann are passionate about their local politics and take great pride in having their voices heard during all forms of political discourse. The city's residents are actively involved in the debate over state and national issues that impact their lives. While there isn't much publicity surrounding local politicians or candidates running for office in Trumann, the citizens of the town remain eager to discuss political matters and have their voices heard on important matters affecting the city and its future.
The political climate in Trumann, AR is moderately conservative.
Poinsett County, AR is very conservative. In Poinsett County, AR 18.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Poinsett county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.7% to 18.9%.
Poinsett county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Trumann, AR is moderately conservative.
Poinsett County, Arkansas is very conservative.
Jonesboro 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.
Trumann, 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 Trumann, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $500 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 44 contributions totaling $15,480 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $352 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)