Carroll County, Arkansas is a vibrant county located in the northwest corner of the state. Politically speaking, Carroll County has long been a Republican stronghold and conservative citizens are the main political force in the area. Though Democrats still make up a small portion of Carroll's population, they remain underrepresented in local politics. Despite this fact, there have been a number of initiatives to increase voter registration and turnout among all residents of Carroll County. The most recent election saw a strong turnout from all across the political spectrum in the county, with both Republicans and Democrats participating in local elections on equal footing. It's clear that the citizens of Carroll County are engaged and invested in their local politics, which bodes well for future elections and initiatives.
The political climate in Carroll County, AR is strongly conservative.
In Carroll County, AR 34.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carroll county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.9% to 34.1%.
Carroll county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Carroll County, AR is strongly conservative.
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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.
Carroll, Arkansas: R 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 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 Carroll County, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,678 contributions totaling $83,579 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 365 contributions totaling $45,776 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)