72543 Heber Springs, AR is located in the state of Arkansas and is a city with a unique political landscape. The government in Heber Springs is composed of a mayor-council system, where the mayor is elected at-large and the council members represent specific geographic areas within the city. This system allows citizens to have representatives directly accountable to them and allows for greater representation of diverse interests within the city. The current mayor is Allen Smith, who has served since 2016, and the council members are Tommy Hightower, Don Mitchell, Jeff Johnson, Neal Gammill, Mark Jones, and Roberta Capps. They all work together to make decisions that best serve the people of Heber Springs. Additionally, there are many other local political candidates vying for positions within the city who represent different backgrounds and perspectives on how to best govern the city.
The political climate in Zip 72543 (Heber Springs, AR) is very conservative.
Cleburne County, AR is very conservative. In Cleburne County, AR 15.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cleburne county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.5% to 15.7%.
Cleburne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 72543 (Heber Springs, AR) is very conservative.
Heber Springs, Arkansas is very conservative.
Cleburne 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.
Heber Springs, 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 72543 (Heber Springs)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 243 contributions totaling $15,235 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 322 contributions totaling $53,192 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $165 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)