Pea Ridge, Arkansas is a small rural community located in Benton County. Although the population of Pea Ridge may be small, the politics in this town are just as passionate and important as any other city or town. Politically speaking, Pea Ridge is a predominantly Republican area with conservative values and ideologies. Although there are no local political candidates to name specifically, the current mayor is Barbara Hightower who has held office since 2015. She campaigns on a platform of fiscal responsibility and limited government intervention in peoples' lives. Her election in 2015 was viewed by many as progress for the town's future plans and goals. The overall political atmosphere in Pea Ridge is one of cooperation and compromise between both parties, so that all members of the community can benefit from decision making that works for them.
The political climate in Pea Ridge, AR is strongly conservative.
Benton County, AR is strongly conservative. In Benton County, AR 35.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Benton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.7% to 35.2%.
Benton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pea Ridge, AR is strongly conservative.
Benton County, Arkansas is strongly 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.
Pea Ridge, 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 Pea Ridge, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 559 contributions totaling $58,255 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 537 contributions totaling $151,888 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $283 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)