Ozark is a small city in Arkansas with a population of 15,661 in the 2010 census. It is located in Franklin County and has a mayor-council form of government. The current mayor is Mayor Vernon McElroy who was elected in 2018 and serves along with eight council members to oversee the city's operations. Ozark does not have any local political candidates at this time, but they do participate in state and national elections to ensure their voice is heard. Residents are passionate about politics and actively engage in debates, discussions, and other forms of civic engagement throughout the year.
The political climate in Ozark, AR is strongly conservative.
Franklin County, AR is very conservative. In Franklin County, AR 18.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.6% to 18.2%.
Franklin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ozark, AR is strongly conservative.
Franklin 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.
Ozark, 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 Ozark, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 283 contributions totaling $6,280 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $22 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 145 contributions totaling $15,436 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)