Malvern, AR is a small town located in the foothills of the Ouachita Mountains in Arkansas. It has a friendly and welcoming atmosphere, making it a great place to live and work. Politically, Malvern follows the state’s political climate with most residents holding conservative values. The city is part of Arkansas' District 20 for the General Assembly and currently has Republican Ricky L. Eads representing them in the House of Representatives. During local elections, candidates from both major parties compete for seats on the City Council or other local offices. Voter turnout is usually good in 72104, with a large number of voters taking part each year to make their voices heard in how they want their city to be run.
The political climate in Zip 72104 (Malvern, AR) is strongly conservative.
Hot Spring County, AR is very conservative. In Hot Spring County, AR 24.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hot Spring county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.3% to 24.5%.
Hot Spring county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 72104 (Malvern, AR) is strongly conservative.
Malvern, Arkansas is strongly conservative.
Hot Spring County, Arkansas is very conservative.
Malvern 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.
Malvern, Arkansas: d 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 72104 (Malvern)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 175 contributions totaling $27,827 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $159 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 123 contributions totaling $24,424 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $199 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)