Austin, Arkansas is a small community located in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains in Lonoke County. With an estimated population of just over 1,000 residents, Austin is a charming and quiet town in which to live. Despite its size, Austin is an active political area with an engaged electorate that takes an active interest in local politics. Municipal elections are held every two years to elect the mayor and four city council members who govern the city's operations. Local politics often focus on issues like economic development, infrastructure improvements, and quality-of-life improvements for residents. The city also works closely with state representatives to advocate for resources from higher levels of government. In addition to municipal politics, many Austin residents are civically involved at the county level as well as on state and national issues. Austin’s voting record shows strong involvement and participation by citizens regardless of party affiliation or personal beliefs.
The political climate in Zip 72007 (Austin, AR) is very conservative.
Lonoke County, AR is very conservative. In Lonoke County, AR 21.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lonoke county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.6% to 21.8%.
Lonoke county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 72007 (Austin, AR) is very conservative.
Austin, Arkansas is very conservative.
Lonoke County, Arkansas is very conservative.
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway Metro Area is leaning 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.
Austin, 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 72007 (Austin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $2,760 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $184 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 72 contributions totaling $21,418 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $297 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)