Fayetteville, AR is a vibrant city surrounded by the beautiful Ozark Mountains. It is home to over 85,000 residents and is a regional hub for education, business, culture, and politics. Politically, the 72704 zip code of Fayetteville is a part of Arkansas’s 3rd congressional district and represents the voice of its constituents in Washington D.C. The area’s current representative in the U.S. House of Representatives is Steve Womack, a Republican who has been serving since 2011. At the state level, Fayetteville has two senators representing them in the Arkansas Senate- Jim Hendren and Cecile Bledsoe who are both Republicans and have held office since 2015 and 2013 respectively. Additionally, two representatives serve Fayetteville’s 3rd district in the Arkansas House of Representatives - Justin Boyd and Greg Leding who are both Democrats and have served since 2015 and 2013 respectively. There are also numerous local political candidates for various positions throughout Fayetteville such as school board members, county judges, mayors, etc., which help ensure that all residents have their voices heard on important issues affecting their community.
The political climate in Zip 72704 (Fayetteville, AR) is leaning conservative.
Washington County, AR is leaning conservative. In Washington County, AR 46.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained Republican, 50.4% to 46.5%.
Washington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 72704 (Fayetteville, AR) is leaning conservative.
Fayetteville, Arkansas is leaning conservative.
Washington County, Arkansas is leaning conservative.
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers Metro Area is moderately 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.
Fayetteville, 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 72704 (Fayetteville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 638 contributions totaling $199,493 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $313 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 226 contributions totaling $69,912 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $309 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)