Rogers, AR is a city in Northwestern Arkansas located in Benton County. It is a vibrant community with many different political views and backgrounds. The city has a mayor-council form of government, where the mayor is elected directly and the city council members are elected from seven wards. The current mayor is Greg Hines, who was elected in 2018. Each ward elects two representatives to serve on the City Council for four year terms. These representatives help develop policy, approve budgets, and make decisions that will benefit the citizens of Rogers, AR. The City Council holds public hearings throughout the year where residents can voice their opinion on pending issues or proposed legislation. Additionally, there are various local and state elections held throughout the year, giving citizens the opportunity to select officials that they feel will best represent their interests and values in government.
The political climate in Rogers, AR is somewhat conservative.
Benton County, AR is strongly conservative. In Benton County, AR 35.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Benton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.7% to 35.2%.
Benton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rogers, AR is somewhat conservative.
Benton County, Arkansas is strongly conservative.
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers Metro Area is moderately conservative.
Arkansas is strongly conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Rogers, Arkansas: R R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Rogers, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13,840 contributions totaling $5,687,560 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $411 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8,950 contributions totaling $6,435,833 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $719 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)