Crittenden County, AR is located in the northeast corner of Arkansas and is part of the Arkansas Delta region. The county seat is Marion, which is located along the Mississippi River. Politics in Crittenden County are generally conservative, favoring Republican candidates in most elections. In presidential elections, the county has reliably voted for Republican candidates since 1976. In recent local elections, Republicans have held a majority among both elected officials and registered voters. At the state level, all members of the Arkansas House of Representatives from Crittenden County are currently Republicans. Local politics also has a strong influence in the county with various organizations focused on helping to shape policy and ensure that constituents’ voices are heard by their elected representatives.
The political climate in Crittenden County, AR is leaning liberal.
In Crittenden County, AR 52.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Crittenden county remained moderately Democratic, 52.0% to 44.8%.
Crittenden county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Crittenden County, AR is leaning liberal.
Memphis Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Crittenden, Arkansas: D d D D d d
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 Crittenden County, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 162 contributions totaling $28,472 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $176 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 279 contributions totaling $73,017 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $262 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)