Lincoln County is located in the state of Arkansas and has a long history of promoting democracy and encouraging civic engagement. The county promotes an active political environment, with numerous local political candidates from both major parties running for office each election cycle. Local elections are often hotly contested, with debates about important issues such as education, economic development, public safety, and more taking center stage. Citizens have the opportunity to weigh in on these important issues by participating in candidate forums, attending town hall meetings, and engaging with their elected officials. Through such engagement Lincoln County encourages people to take an active role in their government and become involved in the political process.
The political climate in Lincoln County, AR is very conservative.
In Lincoln County, AR 26.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lincoln county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.4% to 26.6%.
Lincoln county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lincoln County, AR is very conservative.
Pine Bluff Metro Area is leaning 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.
Lincoln, Arkansas: D d 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 Lincoln County, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16 contributions totaling $2,987 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $187 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 85 contributions totaling $9,112 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)