Perla, AR is a small town with a long history of local politics. Despite its size, the people of Perla have continued to voice their opinions and actively participate in the political process. The citizens of Perla are passionate about keeping their community safe and strong, and regularly vote on important issues such as taxes, infrastructure projects, and education. Local elections are held every two years, when all residents are given the opportunity to choose from numerous candidates who will best represent them on the town council. The candidates come from diverse backgrounds and have different ideas about how to foster growth in Perla. Each election season brings out robust debates between candidates as they vie for votes among the citizens. Ultimately, it is up to the people of Perla to decide who will lead their local government for years to come.
The political climate in Perla, AR is moderately conservative.
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
Perla, AR is moderately conservative.
Hot Spring County, Arkansas 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.
Perla, 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 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 Perla, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 175 contributions totaling $27,827 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $159 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 123 contributions totaling $24,424 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $199 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)