Bradley County, Arkansas is located in south-central Arkansas and is part of the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area. It has a population of roughly 20,000 people and covers an area of 651 square miles. The county seat is Warren. Bradley County has had a long history of political involvement in the state for several decades. The county is represented in the Arkansas State House by Republican Representative Ricky Bunch, who was elected to office in 2018. In addition, Bradley County also elects two county judges who preside over both criminal and civil matters within the county. These positions are currently held by Judge Neal Miller and Judge Robert Farrar. At the local level, there are seven justices of the peace, five constables, a treasurer, sheriff, circuit clerk and collector who all serve two year terms each. All of these officials work together to ensure that Bradley County remains a vibrant and vital part of Arkansas's political landscape.
The political climate in Bradley County, AR is strongly conservative.
In Bradley County, AR 33.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bradley county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.9% to 33.2%.
Bradley county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bradley County, AR is strongly conservative.
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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.
Bradley, 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 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 Bradley County, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 83 contributions totaling $13,090 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $158 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 51 contributions totaling $24,005 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $471 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)