Crossett, AR is a small town located in Ashley County. Although it has a small population, it still plays an important role in Arkansas politics. The city is represented at the state level by Republican Representatives Tony Avery and Monte Hodges, both of whom have served Crossett for many years. At the local level, Crossett elects its mayor, as well as members of the Crossett City Council and School Board. These representatives are elected to serve their constituents and make decisions regarding education, taxes, development projects, and other local issues that affect the city's residents. Additionally, Crossett holds elections for other county offices such as sheriff and judge. All of these elections are important for shaping the future of Crossett and ensuring that its citizens have the representation they need at all levels of government.
The political climate in Crossett, AR is moderately conservative.
Ashley County, AR is very conservative. In Ashley County, AR 26.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ashley county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.0% to 26.8%.
Ashley county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Crossett, AR is moderately conservative.
Ashley County, Arkansas is very 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.
Crossett, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Crossett, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13 contributions totaling $1,695 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 122 contributions totaling $27,831 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $228 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)