Newton County, Arkansas is an area that has been built up politically over the years. It is an area in which many local issues and decisions are decided by elected representatives from the county and city level. The county provides a variety of services to its citizens such as infrastructure, public safety, health care, social services, and education. Currently, Newton County is governed by a three-member Board of Commissioners who are elected at-large to serve four-year terms. They implement policies and make decisions on behalf of the citizens of Newton County. Additionally, there are numerous city councils in charge of managing day-to-day operations for each municipality within the county. In November of 2020, several local elections will be held to elect new candidates to these governing bodies in order to continue providing quality services to all citizens residing in Newton County.
The political climate in Newton County, AR is very conservative.
In Newton County, AR 17.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Newton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.8% to 17.7%.
Newton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Newton County, AR is very conservative.
Harrison 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.
Newton, Arkansas: R 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 Newton County, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 362 contributions totaling $14,977 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 76 contributions totaling $16,996 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $224 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)