Crawford County, AR is located in the northwest corner of the state and is known for its beautiful rolling hills and rural landscapes. It is home to a variety of small towns and rural communities that make up the county. Politically, Crawford County tends to lean conservative with most local elections having Republican candidates at the top of the ballot. The county is represented at both the state and federal level by Republicans as well. Locally, there are a few nonpartisan races held from time to time but these tend to be focused on issues such as roads and infrastructure or school board positions rather than party affiliation. On the whole, politics in Crawford County tend to reflect a mostly conservative viewpoint while still allowing for some debate among various sides on certain topics.
The political climate in Crawford County, AR is very conservative.
In Crawford County, AR 20.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Crawford county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.2% to 20.6%.
Crawford county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Crawford County, AR is very conservative.
Fort Smith 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.
Crawford, Arkansas: R R 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 Crawford County, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 448 contributions totaling $32,618 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 363 contributions totaling $62,033 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $171 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)