In 72732 Garfield, AR, the local politics are largely influenced by the state government. Due to its small population of approximately 800 residents, there are no local political candidates in the area. Political decisions affecting 72732 Garfield, AR are primarily made at the state level in Little Rock and Fayetteville. The people of 72732 Garfield, AR stay informed about current political news through various media outlets and voting is heavily encouraged to ensure their voices are heard.
The political climate in Zip 72732 (Garfield, AR) is strongly conservative.
Benton County, AR is strongly conservative. In Benton County, AR 35.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Benton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.7% to 35.2%.
Benton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 72732 (Garfield, AR) is strongly conservative.
Garfield, Arkansas is strongly conservative.
Benton County, Arkansas is strongly 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.
Garfield, 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 72732 (Garfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 82 contributions totaling $3,545 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 58 contributions totaling $3,910 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)