The Forrest City, AR Metro Area is a vibrant community that has its own unique political identity. The area is governed by the St. Francis County Quorum Court, a nine-member legislative body that works together to make decisions affecting the quality of life for local citizens. The county also elects a Sheriff and other clerks and court officials every two years in the fall election cycle. There are many active candidates who run for office in this area that are focused on improving their local communities through increased funding for education and infrastructure projects, job creation, environmental protection, and public safety initiatives. Local politics in Forrest City are an important part of maintaining a strong sense of community and ensuring that residents have access to the resources they need to thrive.
The political climate in Forrest City Metro Area is leaning liberal.
In Forrest City Metro Area 50.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Forrest City metro area remained moderately Democratic, 50.7% to 45.6%.
The Forrest City metro area voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Forrest City Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Forrest City, Arkansas: D D D D D d
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 Forrest City Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 661 contributions totaling $24,353 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 65 contributions totaling $13,526 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $208 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)