Bellefonte, Arkansas is a small, rural town in Madison County with a population of about 500 people. Although the town may be small in size, its politics are anything but. In recent years, Bellefonte has seen an increase in local political involvement with candidates from both Republican and Democratic parties running for office. The town recently elected their first female mayor, who campaigned on policies such as economic development and community engagement. As the election season is fast approaching, the citizens of Bellefonte will have to decide which candidate will best represent their interests and be the most effective at leading the town to success.
The political climate in Bellefonte, AR is strongly conservative.
Boone County, AR is very conservative. In Boone County, AR 17.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Boone county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.8% to 17.9%.
Boone county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bellefonte, AR is strongly conservative.
Boone County, Arkansas is very conservative.
Harrison 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.
Bellefonte, 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 Bellefonte, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 736 contributions totaling $36,122 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 302 contributions totaling $36,647 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)