The small town of 72837 Dover, AR is an unincorporated community in Johnson County. The politics of the area are represented by members of the Arkansas General Assembly, House District 70 and District 15 in the Senate. Local elections feature candidates from both major political parties, and focus on issues such as public safety, education, healthcare and economic development that affect all residents of Hopkins County. Voter turnout and participation is often high during local elections due to the fact that each voter's vote has a significant impact on their community. As a result, citizens take their role in choosing their political representatives seriously. The elected officials also work hard to provide services to the community that will best serve its needs. Politically speaking, Dover is a diverse and vibrant community with an engaged citizenry who are interested in making sure their voices are heard at all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 72837 (Dover, AR) is very conservative.
Pope County, AR is very conservative. In Pope County, AR 23.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pope county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.0% to 23.6%.
Pope county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 72837 (Dover, AR) is very conservative.
Dover, Arkansas is very conservative.
Pope 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.
Dover, 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 72837 (Dover)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 28 contributions totaling $1,958 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 80 contributions totaling $19,312 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $241 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)