Fayetteville, AR is a vibrant city located in Northwest Arkansas. It is home to the University of Arkansas and several other businesses and attractions that draw people from all over the region. In terms of politics, Fayetteville has been represented at the national level by Senator John Boozman since 2011. At the state level, Fayetteville is part of District 87 which is currently represented by Representative Robin Lundstrum in the Arkansas House of Representatives. Locally there are several City Council members that serve Fayetteville residents, including Sarah Marsh, Matthew Petty, Alan Long, Mark Kinion, and Sarah Bunch. All these representatives work together to ensure that Fayetteville remains a strong community for its citizens.
The political climate in Fayetteville, AR is leaning liberal.
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
Fayetteville, AR is leaning liberal.
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.
Fayetteville, 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 Fayetteville, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11,644 contributions totaling $1,711,918 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,584 contributions totaling $553,641 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $350 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)