Lawrence County, Arkansas is a rural county located in the northeast corner of the state. It has a population of 17,919 people as of the 2020 US Census. Politically, Lawrence County leans heavily towards Republican candidates, with 74% of the electorate voting for Donald Trump in 2020’s presidential election. In addition to federal representation at the state level, there are currently several local candidates running for office in Lawrence County as well. Among those vying for positions on school boards and governing commissions are Matthew Mathis and Jillian Mitchell who are running for respective positions on both the Walnut Ridge and Hoxie School Boards. Additionally, Steve McDaniel is running for re-election to his position as Alderman in Smithville while Gail Thomas is looking to become an Auxiliary Board Member in Black Rock. With such a wide range of options available within Lawrence County politics, it looks to be an exciting few months ahead in terms of local political races.
The political climate in Lawrence County, AR is very conservative.
In Lawrence County, AR 18.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lawrence county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.0% to 18.4%.
Lawrence county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lawrence 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.
Lawrence, 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 Lawrence County, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 22 contributions totaling $755 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 84 contributions totaling $20,014 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $238 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)