Elm Springs, AR is a small city located in the southeastern corner of Arkansas. Politically, the city leans slightly to the right, with a majority of voters being registered members of the Republican Party. The mayor and City Council are both currently held by Republicans, and they have worked together to pass legislation that favors more conservative values. Despite its relatively small size, Elm Springs remains an important political center in the state of Arkansas. Local elections often draw attention from outside sources due to their importance for setting the tone for statewide politics. Residents of Elm Springs stay informed about local election candidates and issues through their local newspaper as well as word-of-mouth from friends and neighbors.
The political climate in Elm Springs, AR is somewhat conservative.
Washington County, AR is leaning conservative. In Washington County, AR 46.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained Republican, 50.4% to 46.5%.
Washington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Elm Springs, AR is somewhat conservative.
Washington County, Arkansas is leaning 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.
Elm 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 Elm Springs, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,245 contributions totaling $141,729 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,413 contributions totaling $594,429 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $421 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)