Politics in Gosnell, AR have been an important part of the community for many years. The small city is served by a Mayor-Council form of government with a representative elected to each ward within the town. Local elections are held every two years and if no one wins an outright majority, then a run-off election is required. The current Mayor is Corey Wilkes and he was first elected to office in 2018. He has expressed his commitment to making Gosnell even better than it already is, through creating more job opportunities, improving public safety, and making sure all residents are getting the services they need. He also focuses on ensuring that local businesses stay afloat during the pandemic so they can continue to provide much-needed services to the community.
The political climate in Gosnell, AR is somewhat conservative.
Mississippi County, AR is moderately conservative. In Mississippi County, AR 36.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 4.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mississippi county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.1% to 36.9%.
Mississippi county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gosnell, AR is somewhat conservative.
Mississippi County, Arkansas is moderately conservative.
Blytheville Metro Area is moderately 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.
Gosnell, Arkansas: D D 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 Gosnell, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 330 contributions totaling $10,540 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 248 contributions totaling $54,142 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $218 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)