Pine Bluff, AR is a city located in Jefferson County. It has been the county seat since 1839 and is home to around 42,000 people. The city is governed by a mayor-council form of government with a seven-member City Council. The Pine Bluff City Council meets regularly to discuss and vote on policy related matters that affect the city of Pine Bluff. Current issues discussed by the council include economic development, crime prevention, infrastructure improvements, education initiatives, public safety, parks and recreation programs, and more. With many influential leaders in the area working hard to create positive change for their constituents, the political landscape of 71602 has been steadily improving in recent years.
The political climate in Zip 71602 (Pine Bluff, AR) is somewhat liberal.
Jefferson County, AR is moderately liberal. In Jefferson County, AR 59.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 37.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.5% to 37.8%.
Jefferson county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 71602 (Pine Bluff, AR) is somewhat liberal.
Pine Bluff, Arkansas is somewhat liberal.
Jefferson County, Arkansas is moderately liberal.
Pine Bluff 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.
Pine Bluff, 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 71602 (Pine Bluff)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 94 contributions totaling $14,595 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 67 contributions totaling $16,261 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $243 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)