The politics of the Camden, AR Metro Area are largely influenced by its local government. The area is represented in the Arkansas State Legislature by Senator James Sanders and Representative Mary Ann Salmon, both of whom have dedicated their time and energy to bettering the community. On the county level, Sheriff Dion Cummins ensures law and order within Camden County while Judge Joe Dickson presides over court proceedings in the area. At the municipal level, Mayor Betty Breitling has been instrumental in providing quality public services to residents while improving infrastructure throughout Camden. A variety of other local elected officials help ensure that our city is run efficiently with all citizens’ interests in mind. As a whole, local politics of Camden are vibrant and active with many passionate citizens striving for a better future for everyone living in this wonderful community.
The political climate in Camden Metro Area is moderately conservative.
In Camden Metro Area 38.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Camden metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 58.6% to 38.0%.
The Camden metro area voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Camden Metro Area is moderately 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.
Camden, Arkansas: d 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Camden Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 124 contributions totaling $21,310 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $172 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 254 contributions totaling $71,377 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $281 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)