Phillips County, Arkansas is located in the heart of the Mid-South region, and within its city limits lies a rich history of politics and government. Despite being a small, rural county, Phillips County has a vibrant political atmosphere that influences local, state, and national policies. The county’s politics are shaped by an array of elected officials who serve residents with great care and commitment. Two recent examples include Governor Asa Hutchinson and State Senator David Wallace who have both had significant impact on local issues such as school funding, public safety initiatives, and economic development programs. Additionally, the citizens of Phillips County are very active in grassroots campaigns to support causes they care about. From environmental justice to youth advocacy to small business growth initiatives; the people of Phillips County take an active role in shaping their community's future through political participation.
The political climate in Phillips County, AR is moderately liberal.
In Phillips County, AR 58.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Phillips county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.0% to 38.7%.
Phillips county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Phillips County, AR is moderately liberal.
Helena-West Helena Metro Area is moderately liberal.
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.
Phillips, Arkansas: D D D D D D
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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Phillips County, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 226 contributions totaling $22,585 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 95 contributions totaling $26,162 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $275 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)