The Hot Springs, AR Metro Area is an exciting and vibrant community with a variety of political activity. Political candidates from both major parties are often seen campaigning in the area to gain support for their platforms and to engage voters. Local organizations and businesses host events such as town hall meetings and candidate forums to give citizens a chance to learn more about their options. Many volunteer opportunities are also available so that residents can become involved in the civic process by helping get out the vote or working on behalf of a particular candidate or issue. With its diverse mix of people from all walks of life, the Hot Springs Metro Area provides an ideal backdrop for lively debate and political engagement.
The political climate in Hot Springs Metro Area is very conservative.
In Hot Springs Metro Area 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, the Hot Springs metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.8% to 31.8%.
The Hot Springs metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Hot Springs Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,233 contributions totaling $330,622 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,761 contributions totaling $483,090 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $274 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)