Editing Ashley County, Arkansas (section)

=== Presidential Elections ===
Since the mid-20th century, Ashley County has transitioned from reliably [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] to steady [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] in national, state and local elections. Ashley County was part of the [[Solid South]], a period of Democratic hegemony which began after [[Reconstruction Era|Reconstruction]] following the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. This resulted essentially in a [[one-party system]], in which a candidate's victory in Democratic primary elections was [[tantamount to election]] to the office itself. The Solid South [[Southern Democrats#Losing the South|started to dissolve]] following the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964|Civil Rights Act in 1964]], which is when Ashley County's streak of supporting Democratic candidates ended. Republican presidential candidate support continued to grow after 1964, though Ashley County strongly supported fellow Southerners in Presidential elections: [[Alabama]] [[List of Governors of Alabama|Governor]] [[George Wallace]] in [[1968 United States presidential election|1968]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] [[List of Governors of Georgia|Governor]] [[Jimmy Carter]] in [[1976 United States presidential election|1976]], fellow Arkansan [[Bill Clinton]] in [[1992 United States presidential election|1992]] and [[1996 United States presidential election|1996]], and [[Al Gore]] in [[2000 United States presidential election|2000]]. By the [[2004 United States presidential election|2004 election]], the county narrowly supported [[George W. Bush]], but subsequently supported [[Barack Obama]]'s opponents and [[Donald Trump]] by large margins.<ref name="pol" >{{cite web |first= David |last= Leip |title= Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections |url= http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/ |access-date= December 5, 2016 }}</ref>