Bella Vista, AR is a small town located in the Ozark Mountains with a population of around 28,000 people. It is home to many local businesses and attractions such as golf courses, lakes, trails, parks and more. Politically, Bella Vista is largely conservative and predominantly Republican. In the past decade or so, the town has seen an increase in political activism due to the growing interest in countywide development and local government affairs. Each election season brings out passionate citizens who vote for their preferred candidates in all levels of government ranging from school board to state representatives. The local elections bring out voters who mostly support Republican candidates but also recognize that it's important to be informed on other issues that are at stake from Democratic candidates as well.
The political climate in Bella Vista, AR is moderately 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
Bella Vista, AR is moderately 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.
Bella Vista, 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 Bella Vista, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,728 contributions totaling $3,264,047 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $570 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,603 contributions totaling $2,526,579 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $971 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)