El Dorado, AR is a small city located in Union County. It has an estimated population of 19,805 people and covers a total area of 20.1 square miles. Politics in El Dorado are largely overseen by the Union County government, with local offices held by both Democrats and Republicans at different levels. The city itself is represented in the Arkansas House of Representatives by Representative Matthew Shepherd from District 8. Other notable political figures from El Dorado include Mayor Veronica Smith-Creer, who serves as leader of the city's government. All local elections are held annually and offer the opportunity for citizens to choose which political party they wish to support to serve them best.
The political climate in Zip 71730 (El Dorado, AR) is moderately conservative.
Union County, AR is strongly conservative. In Union County, AR 33.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Union county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.1% to 33.6%.
Union county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 71730 (El Dorado, AR) is moderately conservative.
El Dorado, Arkansas is moderately conservative.
Union County, Arkansas is strongly conservative.
El Dorado Metro Area is strongly 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.
El Dorado, 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 71730 (El Dorado)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 736 contributions totaling $60,242 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 802 contributions totaling $561,821 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $701 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)