Mountain Home, AR is a small town located in the Ozark Mountains of northern Arkansas. The town has a population of approximately 12,000 people and is known for its scenic beauty and outdoor activities. The local politics in Mountain Home have been largely dominated by the Republican Party since the early 2000s. Many of the current governing officials are aligned with the Republican Party, and there are several local political action committees that support their candidates. Local elections typically feature multiple candidates from each party vying for positions on the city council or county boards. Residents of Mountain Home take an active role in their local politics by attending town hall meetings and voting in all local elections.
The political climate in Mountain Home, AR is strongly conservative.
Baxter County, AR is very conservative. In Baxter County, AR 22.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Baxter county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.4% to 22.1%.
Baxter county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mountain Home, AR is strongly conservative.
Baxter County, Arkansas is very conservative.
Mountain Home Metro Area is very 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.
Mountain Home, 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 Mountain Home, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,482 contributions totaling $84,174 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,530 contributions totaling $223,692 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $146 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)