Editing Stone County, Arkansas (section)

==Politics==
In [[United States Congress|Congress]], Arkansas has been represented by two Republican senators ([[John Boozman]] and [[Tom Cotton]]) since January 3, 2015, ending a long history of Democratic hegemony. In the [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]], Stone County is within the [[Arkansas's 1st congressional district|Arkansas 1st district]], which contains the Arkansas Delta. The Arkansas 1st has been represented by [[Rick Crawford (politician)|Rick Crawford]] since [[United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, 2010#District 1|2010]].

In the [[Arkansas Senate]], Stone County is within the 18th District, which also contains all of [[Cleburne County, Arkansas|Cleburne]] and [[Searcy County, Arkansas|Searcy]] counties and parts of Faulkner, [[Fulton County, Arkansas|Fulton]], Baxter, [[Marion County, Arkansas|Marion]], Van Buren, and [[White County, Arkansas|White]] counties.<ref>{{cite map |date= January 12, 2017 |title=Arkansas Senate 91st General Assembly Map |publisher= Arkansas GIS Office |url= http://geostor-imagery.geostor.org.s3.amazonaws.com/Maps/Senate/91st_Gen_Assembly_Senate_RedBlue_Photos_Dsize.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016165545/http://geostor-imagery.geostor.org.s3.amazonaws.com/Maps/Senate/91st_Gen_Assembly_Senate_RedBlue_Photos_Dsize.pdf |archive-date=October 16, 2021 |url-status=live |access-date= December 29, 2018 }}</ref> The 18th District has been represented by [[Missy Irvin]] (R) of Mountain View since 2011.

At the presidential level, Stone County was reliably Democratic, voting for the Democratic nominee in every election through 1948. In 1952, the county backed Republican [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] but then swung back to Democrat [[Adlai Stevenson II]] in 1956, opposite of national trends. The county continued to swing between parties through the rest of the 19th Century until the 2000 election. Over the past several election cycles, Stone county has trended heavily towards the GOP. The last Democrat (as of 2024) to carry this county was Arkansas native Bill Clinton in 1996.

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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|4,808|1,089|133|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|4,616|1,180|142|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|4,113|1,203|302|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|3,776|1,356|222|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|3,534|1,598|192|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|3,188|2,255|106|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|2,623|2,043|194|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|1,526|2,227|688|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|1,672|2,622|745|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|2,186|1,728|48|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|2,325|1,654|66|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|1,793|1,968|214|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|1,014|2,718|15|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|1,989|958|5|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|987|698|979|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|942|1,374|24|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|959|897|87|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|651|756|4|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|700|573|1|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|644|1,186|89|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|549|592|13|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|406|644|7|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|248|521|3|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|261|1,100|29|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|499|628|17|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|210|386|54|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|367|516|52|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|298|682|0|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|113|337|162|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|267|496|38|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1904|Democratic|233|277|30|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|231|520|12|Arkansas}}
{{PresFoot|1896|Democratic|172|728|7|Arkansas}}