In 72638 Green Forest, AR, politics have been a central theme within the community for many years. Locally, residents consider themselves to be politically engaged and take part in the political process through voting in local government elections. The current mayor of Green Forest is Kaye Smith, who has been in office since 2015. While there is always debate about various issues, Green Forest is generally a harmonious place where people respect each other's opinions and work together to create positive change. Local organizations such as the Green Forest Civic Club and the Green Forest Democratic Club are also active in engaging citizens with local political issues and helping them become informed and involved. Overall, politics is an important part of life in 72638 Green Forest, AR and it provides an opportunity for those living here to have their voices heard and take part in making decisions that impact their lives.
The political climate in Zip 72638 (Green Forest, AR) is strongly conservative.
Carroll County, AR is strongly conservative. In Carroll County, AR 34.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carroll county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.9% to 34.1%.
Carroll county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 72638 (Green Forest, AR) is strongly conservative.
Green Forest, Arkansas is strongly conservative.
Carroll County, Arkansas is strongly 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.
Green Forest, 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 72638 (Green Forest)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 57 contributions totaling $2,470 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 96 contributions totaling $5,141 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)