Benton, AR is a vibrant and diverse community located in the state of Arkansas. The city has a strong political foundation that serves to provide its citizens with representation and support for their needs. Local politics in Benton are largely focused on creating policies to help improve the quality of life for residents. This includes initiatives such as improving infrastructure, providing better educational services, encouraging economic growth and making sure citizens have access to quality healthcare. Along with these initiatives, local politicians are also heavily involved in advocating for a variety of social issues such as protecting civil rights and addressing environmental concerns. Every election cycle brings new candidates with different ideas and goals to serve the community of Benton. The people in Benton have the opportunity to make their voice heard by participating in the democratic process and helping to elect officials who share their values.
The political climate in Benton, AR is strongly conservative.
Saline County, AR is very conservative. In Saline County, AR 28.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Saline county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.4% to 28.2%.
Saline county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Benton, AR is strongly conservative.
Saline County, Arkansas is very conservative.
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway Metro Area is leaning 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.
Benton, 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 Benton, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,138 contributions totaling $128,920 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,044 contributions totaling $242,802 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $233 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)