The small town of Knoxville, AR (zip code 72845) is part of the larger Johnson County and plays an important role in local politics. The current mayor is Mark E. Whitaker, who has held office since 2014 and been a resident of the area since 1954. The town council consists of seven members who meet monthly to address the needs and concerns of citizens. Through their work, they strive to make Knoxville an attractive place to live with a strong sense of community and economic vitality. While there are no local political candidates for this upcoming election season, residents are still highly involved in all aspects of politics at the county level. They take pride in staying informed on issues that affect them both locally and nationally so they can make educated decisions when it comes time to vote.
The political climate in Zip 72845 (Knoxville, AR) is very conservative.
Johnson County, AR is very conservative. In Johnson County, AR 24.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Johnson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.0% to 24.0%.
Johnson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 72845 (Knoxville, AR) is very conservative.
Knoxville, Arkansas is very conservative.
Johnson 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.
Knoxville, 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 72845 (Knoxville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $50 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $1,571 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)