The politics in Hot Springs National Park, AR (Zip Code 71913) are largely influenced by the different local and state officials who help shape the environment and policies of the park. The mayor of Hot Springs is currently Frank C. Furman, who has held this position since 2016. There are several members of the Hot Springs City Council who work together to make decisions that affect the day-to-day operations of the city. On the state level, Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson and other representatives from Arkansas’s 4th congressional district have a large impact on statewide issues which affect Hot Springs residents. Local campaigns for various positions also take place in order to ensure that officials representing Hot Springs are elected into office.
The political climate in Zip 71913 (Hot Springs National Park, AR) is strongly conservative.
Garland County, AR is very conservative. In Garland County, AR 31.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Garland county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.8% to 31.8%.
Garland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 71913 (Hot Springs National Park, AR) is strongly conservative.
Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas is strongly conservative.
Garland County, Arkansas is very conservative.
Hot Springs Metro Area is very 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.
Hot Springs National Park, 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 71913 (Hot Springs National Park)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,150 contributions totaling $149,120 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 662 contributions totaling $231,102 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $349 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)