Izard County, Arkansas is located in the north-central part of the state and is home to a number of towns and cities. The county has an area of 537 square miles and was formed in 1825. Politically, Izard County is a predominantly Republican county with registered Democrats making up only about a quarter of the population. The primary local political candidates are usually from the GOP, but progressives have started to make inroads in recent years. Local elections are typically hotly contested as both Democratic and Republican candidates vie for voter support. Education and economic development are key issues that often shape voting patterns in Izard County. Local politicians focus on creating job opportunities, improving schools, increasing accessibility to healthcare services, protecting natural resources such as rivers and forests, and ensuring that all citizens have access to clean water and air.
The political climate in Izard County, AR is very conservative.
In Izard County, AR 17.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Izard county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.7% to 17.6%.
Izard county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Izard 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.
Izard, 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 Izard County, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 81 contributions totaling $8,332 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 83 contributions totaling $15,229 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $183 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)