Little Rock, AR is a vibrant city with a diverse political landscape. The politics of 72223 Little Rock, AR are dominated by the Democratic Party, who hold all of the state’s major offices as well as strong majorities in both chambers of the Arkansas General Assembly. In addition to Democratic leaders, there are several local activists and civic organizations that work to effect change in the community. Several candidates have run for various offices in recent years, but unfortunately due to their lack of name recognition they remain largely unknown. Despite this, these local candidates often bring new ideas to the table and help spark meaningful conversations about how best to serve their community. Little Rock is an ever-changing city and its local politics reflect this ongoing evolution.
The political climate in Zip 72223 (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 72223 (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 72223 (Little Rock)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,472 contributions totaling $553,123 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $376 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,397 contributions totaling $734,324 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $526 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)