Why Arkansas Is a Test Case for a Post-Trump Republican Party
Posted on AllSides May 24th, 2021
From The Left
ANALYSIS
For decades, Arkansas punched above its weight in politics and business.
In the 1990s, it was home to the president and the world’s wealthiest family. In the 2000s, three onetime Arkansans ran for president. A decade later, the state claimed its sixth company on the Fortune 500 list.
But Arkansas may be entering its most consequential period yet, as a test case for the future of the Republican Party.
Having undergone a lightning-quick transformation in the last decade from Democratic dominance to Republican rule, how closely the state clings to...
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