The politics in Bentonville, AR (72712) are largely driven by the city's location as the home of major corporate headquarters - most notably Walmart. This has resulted in a long history of conservative politics, but with an increased influx of new residents from other areas, the political landscape is beginning to become more diverse. Bentonville is home to two City Council seats and one Mayor seat that are held by local elected officials from various parties. In addition to these offices, numerous state and federal representatives represent Bentonville in their respective governments. Most recently, the city was represented in Congress by Steve Womack who completed his term at the end of 2020. There is also a growing presence of grassroots organizations dedicated to advancing progressive causes within and beyond the city limits. These organizations are working diligently to ensure that Bentonville remains responsive to its citizens' needs and that all voices are represented in all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 72712 (Bentonville, AR) is moderately 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
Zip 72712 (Bentonville, AR) is moderately conservative.
Bentonville, Arkansas is moderately 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.
Bentonville, 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 72712 (Bentonville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,709 contributions totaling $1,590,797 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $931 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 775 contributions totaling $1,193,389 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,540 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)