Politics in 72039 Damascus, AR are heavily impacted by the state of Arkansas. In 2020, the state was won by President Donald Trump in a landslide, capturing 61.5% of the vote to opponent Joe Biden's 36.4%. This result is reflective of the Republican majority that dominates local and state politics. Locally elected officials in 72039 Damascus, AR are Republican legislators such as State Representative David Hillman and State Senator Bob Ballinger, who were both elected in 2014 and have been re-elected since then. Both representatives are proponents of conservative policies that focus on fiscal responsibility, religious freedom, and pro-business initiatives. Additionally, they have consistently supported legislation which limits abortion access and opposes same-sex marriage rights.
The political climate in Zip 72039 (Damascus, AR) is very conservative.
Van Buren County, AR is very conservative. In Van Buren County, AR 20.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Van Buren county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.3% to 20.4%.
Van Buren county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 72039 (Damascus, AR) is very conservative.
Damascus, Arkansas is very conservative.
Van Buren County, Arkansas is very 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.
Damascus, 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 72039 (Damascus)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $2,318 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $258 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)