The small town of Mount Ida, AR is home to a population of just over 2,000 people. It is located in Montgomery County in the Ouachita National Forest and is known for its scenic beauty. The local government is run by a mayor-council system with a mayor being elected every two years and five council members who are voted into office every four years. Local residents take part in various civic organizations such as the Chamber of Commerce and Lions Club. These organizations help to promote the area’s economic growth and advocate for better public services in their community. Recent hot topics have included school funding, infrastructure improvements, and development projects within the city limits. With upcoming elections on the horizon, local political candidates will be vying for votes from the citizens of Mount Ida to put their platforms into action.
The political climate in Mount Ida, AR is strongly conservative.
Montgomery County, AR is very conservative. In Montgomery County, AR 18.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Montgomery county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.6% to 18.9%.
Montgomery county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mount Ida, AR is strongly conservative.
Montgomery 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.
Mount Ida, 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 Mount Ida, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 37 contributions totaling $2,827 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 49 contributions totaling $11,226 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $229 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)