Mississippi, AR County is home to a diverse political landscape, with citizens holding a variety of views on important issues. The county is represented by two members of the Arkansas House of Representatives, as well as a state senator. Local elections are held every two years for various positions such as county judge and sheriff. In addition to these elections, there are also opportunities for citizens to vote in various state-wide or national elections. Mississippi, AR County takes an active part in deciding who will represent them at the local, state and national levels.
The political climate in Mississippi County, AR is moderately conservative.
In Mississippi County, AR 36.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 4.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mississippi county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.1% to 36.9%.
Mississippi county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mississippi County, AR is moderately conservative.
Blytheville Metro Area is moderately 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.
Mississippi, 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 Mississippi County, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 181 contributions totaling $14,139 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 289 contributions totaling $78,607 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $272 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)