The small town of Bauxite, Arkansas has a population of 2,037 people and is governed by a Mayor-Council government. The current mayor is John Wilkerson, who took office in 2018. The city council consists of five members, each elected to a four-year term. Every two years the citizens elect a new mayor and three new council members to represent them at the local level. The Council meets at least twice a month to discuss issues and make decisions on behalf of the community.
In recent years, the town has seen increased growth and investment from businesses in its area. To keep up with this growth, the city government works hard to ensure that public services are maintained and that taxes remain low for locals. Additionally, the City Council regularly evaluates policies related to education, infrastructure development, public safety, and economic development opportunities. Through these efforts, Bauxite seeks to continue providing an excellent quality of life for its residents while also encouraging business growth throughout the area.
The political climate in Zip 72011 (Bauxite, AR) is very conservative.
Saline County, AR is very conservative. In Saline County, AR 28.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Saline county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.4% to 28.2%.
Saline county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 72011 (Bauxite, AR) is very conservative.
Bauxite, Arkansas is very conservative.
Saline 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.
Bauxite, 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 72011 (Bauxite)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 32 contributions totaling $446 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $14 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 29 contributions totaling $6,337 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $219 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)