Valley Springs, AR is a small town nestled in the Ozark Mountains. The town has experienced considerable growth in recent years due to its proximity to larger cities and businesses such as Walmart and Tyson Foods. In terms of politics, Valley Springs is an independent municipality with no affiliation to any party or county. Local elections are held every two years and the newly elected mayor and city council serve for 4 year terms. The mayor and city council are responsible for managing city services such as police, fire protection, garbage collection, street maintenance, and other aspects of life within the community. Valley Springs also encourages citizens to get involved in local politics by holding public meetings for citizens to voice their opinions on key issues affecting the town. With strong leadership from elected officials and engaged citizens, Valley Springs looks forward to a prosperous future.
The political climate in Valley Springs, AR is very 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
Valley Springs, AR is very 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.
Valley 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 Valley Springs, 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)