Marshall, AR is a small town with a population of approximately 2,100 people. The city is located in Searcy County and is governed by a mayor/alderman form of government. Marshall has an active local government that works to provide services to its citizens. The city council consists of the mayor and six members who are elected to staggered two-year terms. The current Mayor of Marshall is David Elliott, and the other six members are Brenda James, John Smith, Paul Johnson, Steve Brown, Tom White and Kristin Black. The city council meets regularly to make decisions concerning the day-to-day operations of the city as well as important budgetary issues. Local elections are held every two years when residents can vote for their preferred candidates in both municipal and county elections. Various political organizations also hold events throughout the year so people can stay informed about their local political candidates.
The political climate in Marshall, AR is strongly conservative.
Searcy County, AR is very conservative. In Searcy County, AR 14.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Searcy county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.7% to 14.6%.
Searcy county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Marshall, AR is strongly conservative.
Searcy 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.
Marshall, 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 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 Marshall, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 380 contributions totaling $10,632 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 52 contributions totaling $16,248 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $312 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)