Hot Spring County, Arkansas is located in the middle of the state and is governed by a variety of local political figures. There are three county commissioners that are responsible for overseeing the budget, taxes, and other county-level operations. The county also has its own circuit court and sheriff's office. On a higher level, Hot Spring County is represented in the Arkansas State House of Representatives and Senate by two elected officials who vote on issues concerning the entire state. In addition, Hot Spring County residents have the opportunity to vote for Presidential candidates in the general election. Overall, Hot Springs County has a long history of being actively involved in politics both locally and statewide.
The political climate in Hot Spring County, AR is very conservative.
In Hot Spring County, AR 24.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hot Spring county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.3% to 24.5%.
Hot Spring county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hot Spring County, AR is very conservative.
Malvern 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.
Hot Spring, Arkansas: d 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Hot Spring County, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 213 contributions totaling $30,583 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 209 contributions totaling $31,122 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $149 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)