Hot Springs, Arkansas is located in Garland County and is home to many political representatives. At the state level, Arkansas's current governor is Asa Hutchinson and the local state senator for Hot Springs is Breanne Davis. Representatives at the federal level include Republican Steve Womack who represents the state’s 3rd congressional district in the U.S House of Representatives, and Republican Senator Tom Cotton representing Arkansas in the U.S Senate. Hot Springs has a mayor-council form of government with current mayor Pat McCabe at the helm. The city council consists of eight elected officials determined by ward boundaries that represent their specific region of town as well as several administrative positions appointed by the mayor. It's important for citizens to stay informed about local politics so they can participate in decisions that will shape their community today and into the future.
The political climate in Hot Springs, AR is moderately conservative.
Garland County, AR is very conservative. In Garland County, AR 31.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Garland county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.8% to 31.8%.
Garland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hot Springs, AR is moderately conservative.
Garland County, Arkansas is very conservative.
Hot Springs 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.
Hot 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 Hot Springs, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,566 contributions totaling $712,848 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,009 contributions totaling $1,117,056 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $371 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)