Walnut Ridge, AR is located in Lawrence County and is a small city with a population of approximately 5,000 people. The local government consists of an elected mayor and five council members who are responsible for creating laws and regulations that benefit the citizens of Walnut Ridge. Additionally, the city utilizes services from several county departments to handle certain civil matters such as traffic violations, taxation, and zoning. Every two years the citizens of Walnut Ridge have the opportunity to vote on their local government officials in order to ensure that their voices are heard. Currently, there are several candidates running for office who have promised to provide increased resources to the city while preserving its rural charm. All in all, politics in Walnut Ridge offer residents an essential platform through which they can hold their elected officials accountable and ensure that their needs are met.
The political climate in Walnut Ridge, AR is strongly conservative.
Lawrence County, AR is very conservative. In Lawrence County, AR 18.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lawrence county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.0% to 18.4%.
Lawrence county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Walnut Ridge, AR is strongly conservative.
Lawrence 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.
Walnut Ridge, 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 Walnut Ridge, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21 contributions totaling $1,455 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 181 contributions totaling $38,131 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $211 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)