Little Rock, Arkansas, located in zip code 72212 is the state capital of Arkansas and is home to a diverse population. It is governed by Mayor Frank Scott Jr. and the Little Rock City Council who seek to serve the needs of the city's people. The city council works to ensure that all citizens are heard and considered as decisions are made about their community and its future. Through local elections, residents have the opportunity to voice their opinions on important issues such as taxation, infrastructure development, public safety services and more. Politically, Little Rock is very active with a wide variety of organizations advocating for various causes throughout the city. Residents are encouraged to get involved in politics both at a local level in 72212 as well as on a larger scale so that everyone’s voice can be heard.
The political climate in Zip 72212 (Little Rock, AR) is somewhat liberal.
Pulaski County, AR is moderately liberal. In Pulaski County, AR 60.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 37.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pulaski county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.0% to 37.5%.
Pulaski county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 72212 (Little Rock, AR) is somewhat liberal.
Little Rock, Arkansas is somewhat liberal.
Pulaski County, Arkansas is moderately liberal.
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway Metro Area is leaning 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.
Little Rock, Arkansas: d D D D D D
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 72212 (Little Rock)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,414 contributions totaling $485,337 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $142 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 837 contributions totaling $1,689,958 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,019 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)