72019 Benton, AR is a small town located in the central region of Arkansas. The population of the town is estimated to be around 20,000 people. Politically, this area is largely conservative, with most registered voters being members of the Republican Party. The local government consists of a mayor and city council that are elected by the citizens every four years. Residents in the area are very passionate about their politics and take an active role in voicing their opinions on important issues. The current mayor of 72019 Benton is Joseph Smith who was elected in 2019 and has been reelected for his second term. There are also several local political candidates running for office in upcoming elections for both state and federal positions.
The political climate in Zip 72019 (Benton, 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 72019 (Benton, AR) is very conservative.
Benton, 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.
Benton, 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 72019 (Benton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 341 contributions totaling $53,097 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 239 contributions totaling $59,473 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $249 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)