The politics in Saline County, Arkansas are quite varied. As a rural county, the main issue of focus centers around issues such as economic growth, job creation, and development of infrastructure and utilities. Since Saline County is part of an urban region, many local candidates have focused on improving the overall quality of life for its citizens. There have been initiatives which promote small business growth and development, as well as efforts to bring more recreational activities into the area. Additionally, there have been efforts to ensure that Saline County remains a safe place to live by increasing police presence and providing better access to education through technical schools and universities. The county has also worked hard to increase its transportation systems in order to make it easier for residents to travel outside of the county. All in all, politics in Saline County is an ever-changing landscape that seeks to serve its citizens’ best interests while keeping up with the necessary changes that come with living in a modern society.
The political climate in Saline County, AR is very conservative.
In Saline County, AR 28.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Saline county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.4% to 28.2%.
Saline county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Saline County, AR is very conservative.
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway Metro Area is leaning 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.
Saline, 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 Saline County, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,013 contributions totaling $112,006 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 837 contributions totaling $186,688 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $223 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)