Editing Conway County, Arkansas (section)

=== Federal Politics ===
For the bulk of the 20th century, Conway County was reliably Democratic, voting solidly for the party in every presidential election except for the [[1972 United States presidential election in Arkansas|1972]] and [[1984 United States presidential election in Arkansas|1984]] landslides of [[Richard Nixon]] and [[Ronald Reagan]], respectively. Former Governor [[Bill Clinton]] won the county twice in his [[1992 United States presidential election in Arkansas|1992]] and [[1996 United States presidential election in Arkansas|1996]] victories while comfortably sweeping his native Arkansas.

As is the case with most rural counties as well as the state of Arkansas as a whole since the turn of the millennium, Conway County has turned sharply rightward and away from a more socially liberal Democratic Party than the one Clinton led. Though Republican [[George W. Bush]] won the county by less than 1% in [[2000 United States presidential election in Arkansas|2000]] and [[2004 United States presidential election in Arkansas|2004]], both Conway County and Arkansas would become safely red at the presidential level starting in [[2008 United States presidential election in Arkansas|2008]], despite Democrat [[Barack Obama]] decisively winning the election.

In [[2016 United States presidential election in Arkansas|2016]], Republican [[Donald Trump]] won Conway County with 61% of the vote and a 28.6% margin of victory over former [[First Lady of Arkansas]] and [[First Lady of the United States|the U.S.]] [[Hillary Clinton]], owing both to Trump's strength in [[Rural America]] and the decline of the Clinton brand in their home state. Trump would top his vote share and margin of victory in the county twice since then, winning with a 35.4% margin of victory and more than 65% of the vote over Democrat [[Joe Biden]] in [[2020 United States presidential election in Arkansas|2020]] (despite Biden winning nationwide), followed by a 40.3% margin of victory and 69% vote share as he reclaimed the Presidency in [[2024 United States presidential election in Arkansas|2024]], the latter of which stands as the best performance for a Republican presidential candidate in county history.