Mineral Springs, AR is a small town located in Arkansas, and is home to around 1,500 people. It is governed by a mayor-council system of government. The mayor is elected by the citizens of Mineral Springs and serves as the head of the local government. The council consists of six members who are also elected directly by voters and carry out all legislative functions for the town. Local elections occur every two years in Mineral Springs for both mayoral and council positions. All citizens over 18 have the right to vote and can do so at their local polling station or through mail-in ballots. Issues that may be addressed in local elections include taxes, public safety, infrastructure, zoning regulations, and environmental protection policies. Overall, it's important for citizens to take part in politics by voting in local elections and engaging with their representatives to ensure their voice is heard in Mineral Springs' government decisions.
The political climate in Mineral Springs, AR is moderately conservative.
Howard County, AR is very conservative. In Howard County, AR 27.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Howard county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.7% to 27.7%.
Howard county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mineral Springs, AR is moderately conservative.
Howard County, Arkansas 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.
Mineral Springs, 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 Mineral Springs, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 158 contributions totaling $13,531 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 78 contributions totaling $11,030 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $141 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)