Bella Vista, AR is a small town located in Benton county with a population of approximately 26,000 people. The town's political environment is represented by the Republican and Democratic parties, as well as several local political candidates. There are three city council seats up for grabs that are contested by both parties, as well as a mayoral seat that is held by Republican incumbent John Doe. Additionally, there are two Benton County Sheriff seats and two circuit judge positions being contested in the upcoming election. With such high stakes in an important local election, it is easy to see why Bella Vista residents take their politics seriously and turn out to vote in large numbers.
The political climate in Zip 72715 (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 72715 (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 72715 (Bella Vista)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 862 contributions totaling $35,939 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 441 contributions totaling $72,643 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $165 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)