The politics of the Mountain Home, AR Metro Area are heavily influenced by local and state initiatives. Voting is encouraged in this area and there is a large turnout in local elections. Local political candidates for offices such as mayor, city council, and school board members are often very active in the community and participate in debates and public forums to discuss their plans of action. The local government works hard to ensure that residents have access to resources and that their voices are heard. Residents have the ability to petition their elected officials for changes they wish to see within their community. The political atmosphere of the Mountain Home Metro Area is one of collaboration, support, and involvement from all its citizens.
The political climate in Mountain Home Metro Area is very conservative.
In Mountain Home Metro Area 22.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Mountain Home metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.4% to 22.1%.
The Mountain Home metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mountain Home 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.
Mountain Home, 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 Mountain Home Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 673 contributions totaling $40,553 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 684 contributions totaling $95,671 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $140 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)