Howard County, Arkansas is a small rural community located in southwest Arkansas. It is home to nearly 10,000 citizens and is the second most populous county in the state. Politically, Howard County is a largely conservative area that is split between majority Democratic and Republican support. The majority of elected positions are held by Republicans, including the county judge and sheriff. Local elections are often contested between both parties as people strive to represent their views on important local issues such as education, public safety and economic development. Despite its small size, politics plays an important role in Howard County as citizens strive to make sure their voices are heard.
The political climate in Howard County, AR is very conservative.
In Howard County, AR 27.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Howard county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.7% to 27.7%.
Howard county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Howard 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.
Howard, 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 Howard County, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 159 contributions totaling $15,031 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 79 contributions totaling $11,130 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $141 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)