Fountain Hill, AR is a small town with a population of around 1,500 people. Although the town is small, it still has an active political scene. The local government is composed of a mayor and city council members who are elected to four-year terms. Each election year brings new candidates into the race for mayor and various city council positions. Candidates come from all walks of life, giving citizens many options when voting. The current mayor is Tom Smith and he has been in office since 2015. He works closely with the city council to ensure that Fountain Hill remains safe and prosperous. Residents also have access to state representatives and senators through their state legislature, ensuring that their voices are heard at higher levels of politics as well.
The political climate in Fountain Hill, AR is strongly conservative.
Ashley County, AR is very conservative. In Ashley County, AR 26.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ashley county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.0% to 26.8%.
Ashley county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fountain Hill, AR is strongly conservative.
Ashley 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.
Fountain Hill, 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 Fountain Hill, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $2,175 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $272 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 47 contributions totaling $9,961 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $212 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)