72834 Dardanelle, AR is a small city located in the northwest corner of Arkansas. It is an area with a large population of conservative and republican voters who are actively involved in local politics. Local elections often draw interest from the community, as local candidates discuss issues important to the people of Dardanelle. These issues include topics such as education funding, taxation, economic development and public safety. Candidates for office must work hard to earn the votes of this area’s citizens by clearly articulating their stances on these and other topics that are important to their constituents. During election season it is not uncommon to see debates between different candidates as they articulate their thoughts and ideas on how Dardanelle should be governed. Regardless of who ultimately wins any given race, it is clear that the residents of 72834 Dardanelle care deeply about preserving their rights as citizens through voting and expressing their views at the polls.
The political climate in Zip 72834 (Dardanelle, AR) is strongly conservative.
Yell County, AR is very conservative. In Yell County, AR 19.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Yell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.5% to 19.0%.
Yell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 72834 (Dardanelle, AR) is strongly conservative.
Dardanelle, Arkansas is strongly conservative.
Yell County, Arkansas is very conservative.
Russellville 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.
Dardanelle, 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 72834 (Dardanelle)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 51 contributions totaling $14,075 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $276 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23 contributions totaling $4,920 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $214 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)