Politics in 71725 Carthage, AR have been relatively quiet over the past few years. Local elections are held every few cycles, and several different candidates have put forward their platforms to represent the community. However, these elections do not usually generate much interest or engagement from the citizens of this rural Arkansas town. Instead, local issues such as infrastructure improvement and economic development tend to take precedence over more traditional political topics such as taxes or foreign policy. The population of 71725 Carthage is made up mostly of blue-collar workers who are more concerned with practical solutions for improving their quality of life than grandiose promises from politicians.
The political climate in Zip 71725 (Carthage, AR) is moderately conservative.
Dallas County, AR is moderately conservative. In Dallas County, AR 36.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 4.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dallas county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.4% to 36.4%.
Dallas county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 71725 (Carthage, AR) is moderately conservative.
Carthage, Arkansas is moderately conservative.
Dallas County, Arkansas is moderately conservative.
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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.
Carthage, 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 71725 (Carthage)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)