Garland County is an area of Arkansas located in the Ouachita Mountains region. Politically, the county leans to the right with most members of its population identifying as conservative or Republican. The county government is made up of a three-member Board of Commissioners who are elected by the people in Garland County. The Board oversees various county services, including public safety, infrastructure, and recreation facilities. Additionally, Garland County elects a sheriff who is responsible for maintaining law and order within the county. Currently, there are no local political candidates running for office in Garland County.
The political climate in Garland County, AR is very conservative.
In Garland County, AR 31.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Garland county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.8% to 31.8%.
Garland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Garland County, AR is very conservative.
Hot Springs 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.
Garland, 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 Garland County, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,233 contributions totaling $330,622 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,761 contributions totaling $483,090 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $274 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)