Searcy County, Arkansas is a rural county located in the northern part of the state. It has a small population of 7,840 people according to the official census bureau estimates in 2019. Despite its small size, Searcy County plays an important role in local politics. The county is represented by Republican Senator Mark Johnson and Republican Representative Rebecca Petty in the Arkansas General Assembly. On the local level, Searcy County elects its own county judge and seven members for their quorum court that makes budget decisions for the county. The elections also include other positions such as sheriff, circuit clerk, treasurer and collector. As of 2020, there are no announced candidates for any upcoming elections in Searcy County. Residents of Searcy County take active roles in voting during election times to ensure their voices are heard on political issues that affect their lives directly and indirectly.
The political climate in Searcy County, AR is very conservative.
In Searcy County, AR 14.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Searcy county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.7% to 14.6%.
Searcy county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Searcy 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.
Searcy, 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 Searcy County, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 128 contributions totaling $6,188 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 75 contributions totaling $12,575 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $168 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)