Clay County, located in Arkansas, is an area with a strong presence when it comes to politics. The county has seen representation from both the Democrats and Republicans over time, with each party being active in local elections. In recent years, the two major political parties have had heated debates on issues such as education, tax reform and healthcare reform while trying to get their candidates of choice elected into office. Local residents have also taken an active role in the political scene by voicing their opinions through social media and attending rallies and events to support their preferred candidates. With upcoming elections likely to bring further changes, Clay County looks set for a lively debate about its political future in the months ahead.
The political climate in Clay County, AR is very conservative.
In Clay County, AR 18.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clay county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.8% to 18.6%.
Clay county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Clay County, AR is very 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.
Clay, 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 Clay County, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 205 contributions totaling $7,976 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 94 contributions totaling $21,258 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $226 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)