71654 McGehee, AR is located in Desha County. Although the population of 71654 McGehee is not known, the county has a population of 13,008 as of 2019. The local government in Desha County is composed of an elected county judge and two justices of the peace. These positions are held by Jeffery Lofton (County Judge), Johnny Laster (Justice of the Peace) and Brodie Cooksey (Justice of the Peace). Additionally, members from both major parties hold seats in both the Arkansas House and Senate which have jurisdiction over Desha County. In addition to these political representatives, there are also numerous local initiatives and organizations throughout the county that focus on improving quality of life for everyone living in 71654 McGehee, AR.
The political climate in Zip 71654 (McGehee, AR) is leaning liberal.
Desha County, AR is leaning liberal. In Desha County, AR 48.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 5.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Desha county remained narrowly Democratic, 48.4% to 46.1%.
Desha county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 71654 (McGehee, AR) is leaning liberal.
McGehee, Arkansas is leaning liberal.
Desha County, Arkansas is leaning liberal.
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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.
McGehee, 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 71654 (McGehee)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 34 contributions totaling $3,150 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 57 contributions totaling $17,622 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $309 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)