Gateway, AR is a small town in Arkansas with a population of approximately 500 people. It is an area that values its small-town feel and sense of community among its residents. Politically, the town has long been a Democrat stronghold. Political candidates from the Democratic party have typically held the majority of local offices for many years, such as mayor, city council, and school board members. With local elections coming up this fall, the citizens of Gateway are likely to once again elect Democrats to serve their community in various capacities. Residents are looking forward to seeing who will step up to the challenge and show their commitment to making Gateway a better place for all.
The political climate in Gateway, AR is strongly 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
Gateway, AR is strongly 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.
Gateway, 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 Gateway, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 82 contributions totaling $3,545 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 58 contributions totaling $3,910 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)