Lake Hamilton, AR is a small town just outside of Hot Springs, Arkansas. It has a long and proud history of civic engagement and political participation. The town's residents are passionate about local politics and strive to ensure their voices are heard in the halls of government. Elections are held every two years for Mayor, City Council positions, as well as other city offices such as Justice of the Peace, Sheriff, and Coroner. Local candidates come from many different political backgrounds and philosophies, offering a broad range of ideas to consider when making decisions on behalf of Lake Hamilton’s citizens. Voting turnout is high for local elections, with many residents taking an active part in deciding who should lead the town. Voter registration is easy in Lake Hamilton and citizens can be certain that their votes make a difference in how their community is run.
The political climate in Lake Hamilton, AR is moderately conservative.
Garland County, AR is very conservative. In Garland County, AR 31.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Garland county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.8% to 31.8%.
Garland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lake Hamilton, AR is moderately conservative.
Garland County, Arkansas is very conservative.
Hot Springs 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.
Lake Hamilton, 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 Lake Hamilton, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,300 contributions totaling $298,240 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,324 contributions totaling $462,204 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $349 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)