Randolph County, Arkansas is an area where politics are locally important. The county is represented in the state legislature by two senators and four representatives, all of whom are well-known and active in their communities. Additionally, the county has a number of elected officials that serve at the local level, such as mayor, sheriff, clerk and other municipal positions. These officials are typically chosen in elections held every two years, with residents voting to decide who will represent them. Randolph County also has several active political organizations that engage citizens in local politics and provide education on current issues. When it comes to local politics in Randolph County, there is no shortage of activity!
The political climate in Randolph County, AR is very conservative.
In Randolph County, AR 17.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Randolph county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.6% to 17.8%.
Randolph county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Randolph 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.
Randolph, 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 Randolph County, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 139 contributions totaling $6,129 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 118 contributions totaling $25,915 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $220 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)