Sebastian County is located in the Arkansas River Valley region of Arkansas. It has a strong and diverse economy that serves as an important hub for many industries in the area. The county is home to several cities, including Fort Smith, Greenwood, Hackett, Hartford, and Lavaca. The politics of Sebastian County are often focused on local issues such as education funding, economic development, and infrastructure improvements. There are two major political parties in the county: Democrats and Republicans. Voters elect representatives from both parties to serve on the Sebastian County Quorum Court, which sets county budget and policy priorities each year. Additionally, members of the Arkansas State Legislature are elected from both sides of the aisle to represent Sebastian County at a state level. While there may be disagreements between different parties on certain policies or ideas, the citizens of Sebastian County take their civic responsibility seriously by voting and supporting their local candidates at every level from local school board races to national congressional elections.
The political climate in Sebastian County, AR is very conservative.
In Sebastian County, AR 30.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sebastian county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.2% to 30.7%.
Sebastian county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sebastian County, AR is very conservative.
Fort Smith 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.
Sebastian, 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 Sebastian County, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,620 contributions totaling $163,709 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,873 contributions totaling $638,676 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $341 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)