The disparity between the electorate of the two major political parties continues to grow in Crittenden County. Meantime, the total number of registered voters has fallen since the last presidential election as the county’s roll is cleaned up.
April statistics show a difference of 1,324 voters between Republicans and Democrats, with the GOP majority continuing to grow since October 2014, when Democrats became the minority party in the county for the first time in four decades. The county’s 3,722 Republicans account for 56 percent of the 6,701 voters in the county, outpacing Democrats (2,748 voters, or 36 percent) and all other registrants (548 voters, or 8 percent) combined.
“The local shift began after the 2008 presidential election when John McCain lost to Barack Obama,” said Crittenden County Clerk Daryl Tabor. “But regardless of their party, Crittenden Countians have tended to vote conservatively in federal elections over the last few decades. The last time county voters favored a Democrat in a federal race was when they selected Bill Clinton for President over incumbent George H.W. Bush in 1992.”
At the time of the 2018 election for countywide offices, the Republican majority in Crittenden County was only 623 voters — 3,371-2,478.
Next year offers partisan races for countywide offices. Currently, only three Democrats hold major seats in county government, including only one magistrate on the six-member fiscal court.
As the state and counties clean up voting rolls, removing deceased voters and those who have moved out of the jurisdiction, the current number of voters in Crittenden County has dropped by 59 from 6,760. Statewide, 5,250 voters have been removed from the rolls over the same period.
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