Marion, AR is a small city located in Crittenden County with a population of 7,364. The area has seen much political development over the years, from local elections to state and federal level representatives. Locally, Marion is served by a Mayor and City Council who are elected by the people of Marion every four years. At state level, Marion is represented by Senator Joyce Elliott and Representative Reginald Murdock in the Arkansas Senate, as well as Representatives Deborah Ferguson and Frances Cavenaugh in the House. For federal representation, Marion residents are served by Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton in Washington DC. All of these representatives are committed to serving their constituents with respect to various issues such as healthcare, education and economic growth.
The political climate in Zip 72364 (Marion, AR) is leaning liberal.
Crittenden County, AR is leaning liberal. In Crittenden County, AR 52.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Crittenden county remained moderately Democratic, 52.0% to 44.8%.
Crittenden county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 72364 (Marion, AR) is leaning liberal.
Marion, Arkansas is leaning liberal.
Crittenden County, Arkansas is leaning liberal.
Memphis Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Marion, 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 72364 (Marion)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 84 contributions totaling $6,748 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 125 contributions totaling $34,883 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $279 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)