The small town of 72533 Fifty Six, Arkansas is a place that values its local community and the efforts of its political leaders. This rural town has a population of around 1,400 people and is governed by a mayor-council form of government. The current mayor is Robert “Bob” Bostick, who was elected in 2019 and recently ran for re-election earlier this year. There are currently two city council members; Bill Wilson and Kim Smith. In addition to these local political representatives, the town also elects candidates from the county level in state elections every four years. These elections are important for ensuring that the town's citizens have strong representation in their state legislature and that they have access to resources and services from the state government. The people of 72533 Fifty Six take pride in their local politics and make sure that their voices are heard through their elected representatives.
The political climate in Zip 72533 (Fifty Six, AR) is very conservative.
Stone County, AR is very conservative. In Stone County, AR 19.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Stone county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.7% to 19.9%.
Stone county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 72533 (Fifty Six, AR) is very conservative.
Fifty Six, Arkansas is very conservative.
Stone 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.
Fifty Six, 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 72533 (Fifty Six)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 28 contributions totaling $969 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)