Yell County, Arkansas is a rural county located in the south of the state. It has a small population with a strong sense of community. The politics of the area tend to be more conservative than other parts of the state and country. Locally elected officials are responsible for making decisions on behalf of the people they represent in Yell County. They have an important role in deciding how funds are spent, what policies are enacted, and providing social services to the citizens. Each year, local candidates for political office are elected by voters in Yell County. The current representative for Yell County is Joe Smith, who was re-elected for a fourth term in 2020. He is committed to creating economic opportunities and improving infrastructure throughout the county. In addition to Joe Smith there are several other candidates running for office this year who hope to bring their ideas and vision for Yell County forward.
The political climate in Yell County, AR is very conservative.
In Yell County, AR 19.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Yell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.5% to 19.0%.
Yell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Yell County, AR is very conservative.
Russellville 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.
Yell, 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 Yell County, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 502 contributions totaling $19,371 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 49 contributions totaling $18,991 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $388 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)