Madison County is a predominantly rural county located in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas. It has a strong agricultural base and is home to two major cities, Huntsville and Clarksville. The city of Madison is its county seat. Politically, the county leans conservative, with most voters supporting the Republican Party in local, state and national elections. Local politics tend to be dominated by small-town mayors and city council members who strive to ensure that their communities are well-represented in the larger political landscape of Arkansas. Political issues in the county generally revolve around economic development, education funding, public safety, infrastructure improvements, land use and environmental protection. In recent years, initiatives such as promoting alternative energy sources have gained attention from local politicians in Madison County.
The political climate in Madison County, AR is very conservative.
In Madison County, AR 21.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Madison county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.0% to 21.3%.
Madison county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Madison County, AR is very conservative.
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers Metro Area is moderately 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.
Madison, 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 Madison County, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 77 contributions totaling $6,346 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 91 contributions totaling $14,600 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $160 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)