Van Buren County is located in the state of Arkansas, and its politics are quite diverse. The county is governed by a board of directors that consists of five members elected by the residents to serve four-year terms. These members are responsible for managing the county's budget, setting policy, and ensuring the safety and welfare of citizens. In addition to this, they also appoint various committees to help carry out their duties. Locally elected officials in Van Buren County include sheriff, prosecutor, assessor, collector, clerk, treasurer, circuit judge and other positions necessary for carrying out the functions of local government. The county also has representation in both houses of the Arkansas State Legislature. As well as electing representatives to Washington D.C., for U.S Senate and House of Representatives. These representatives play a major role in shaping policies that affect Van Buren County’s residents on a variety of issues including education, economic development and healthcare access. Residents also have several opportunities to participate in local politics through voting for candidates or attending public meetings where decisions about their community are made.
The political climate in Van Buren County, AR is very conservative.
In Van Buren County, AR 20.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Van Buren county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.3% to 20.4%.
Van Buren county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Van Buren 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.
Van Buren, 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 Van Buren County, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 227 contributions totaling $15,482 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 217 contributions totaling $23,614 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)