72714 Bella Vista, AR is a small community located in Northwest Arkansas. The city is part of the Bentonville-Bella Vista metropolitan area and is known for its natural beauty and rural charm. Although 72714 Bella Vista does not have its own elected officials or local political candidates, it does participate in both state and federal elections. Residents are actively engaged in the political process and regularly vote on issues that affect their community. There are many organizations and volunteer groups that work to inform residents about current political issues as well as advocate for important local causes. As a result, Bella Vista remains an engaged community with strong ties to the larger political landscape of Arkansas.
The political climate in Zip 72714 (Bella Vista, AR) is strongly 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 72714 (Bella Vista, AR) is strongly conservative.
Bella Vista, Arkansas is strongly 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.
Bella Vista, 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 72714 (Bella Vista)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 713 contributions totaling $21,363 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 246 contributions totaling $26,959 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)