Craighead County in Arkansas is an area that has a long and rich history of politics. It is home to two cities, Jonesboro and Lake City, which both have their own local government and elected representatives. The local political landscape is largely conservative, with Republicans typically dominating the elections. In addition to state-level representatives, the county also holds various county-level positions that involve local decisions such as planning or zoning. Many of these positions are also held by Republicans due to the local inclination towards conservatism. However, Democrats can still be found running for office in Craighead County as they look for ways to represent people who may not feel represented by the traditional Republican party. Overall, politics in Craighead County offer a range of perspectives and ideas that bring about positive change throughout the community.
The political climate in Craighead County, AR is very conservative.
In Craighead County, AR 31.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Craighead county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.4% to 31.0%.
Craighead county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Craighead County, AR is very conservative.
Jonesboro 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.
Craighead, Arkansas: d 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 Craighead County, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,208 contributions totaling $163,880 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $136 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,249 contributions totaling $530,405 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $425 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)