The city of Bismarck, Arkansas, located in the county of Hot Spring, is known for its strong sense of community and tight-knit local politics. The mayor of Bismarck is Michael Duggan, who has been leading the city since 2018. The city council consists of five elected officials who oversee the day-to-day operations of the city. Bismarck also has two school boards: one for elementary and middle schools and one for high schools. Each board is responsible for setting educational policy for their respective schools. In addition to these local politicians, the residents of 71929 Bismarck take an active role in their city's politics by voting in local elections and attending town hall meetings on various issues related to the wellbeing of the city.
The political climate in Zip 71929 (Bismarck, AR) is very conservative.
Hot Spring County, AR is very conservative. In Hot Spring County, AR 24.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hot Spring county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.3% to 24.5%.
Hot Spring county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 71929 (Bismarck, AR) is very conservative.
Bismarck, Arkansas is very conservative.
Hot Spring County, Arkansas is very conservative.
Malvern Metro Area is very 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.
Bismarck, Arkansas: d 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 71929 (Bismarck)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17 contributions totaling $2,333 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 62 contributions totaling $5,973 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)