Sevier County, Arkansas is a rural county located in the southwest corner of Arkansas. It is home to small towns and communities that are largely agricultural and forestry based. Politically, the county is strongly conservative and has typically supported Republican candidates in recent elections. Local politics tend to be focused on topics such as education, infrastructure, economic development, and public safety. Issues like gun control and social justice are often discussed among local residents. The current Sheriff of Sevier County is Republican Mark Sexton, who won his fifth term in 2020 with 80% of the vote. Other elected officials include County Judge Robert Akin, County Clerk Lisa Carleo-Roma, and Circuit Clerk Tammie Wesson - all Republicans. With its strong conservative leanings, Sevier County remains an interesting place for political discussion and debate.
The political climate in Sevier County, AR is very conservative.
In Sevier County, AR 21.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sevier county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.7% to 21.5%.
Sevier county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sevier 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.
Sevier, 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 Sevier County, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 38 contributions totaling $5,540 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $146 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 92 contributions totaling $23,929 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $260 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)