Montrose, AR (71658) is a small town with a population of just over 1,000 people. As such, it does not have many political candidates or elected officials. The town is under the jurisdiction of White County, and as such is represented at the state level by Senator Trent Garner in the Arkansas Senate and Representative Nelda Speaks in the Arkansas House of Representatives. At the local level, Montrose residents are served by Mayor Donny Campbell and five members of the City Council: Mark Twyman, Gary Wilkerson, Janice Morris, Alonzo Barnett and James Wilson. All of these individuals work together to ensure that the needs of all residents and businesses are met. Despite its small size, Montrose takes its politics seriously and works hard to stay abreast of current issues as well as ensuring that it remains a safe and healthy community for all its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 71658 (Montrose, AR) is strongly conservative.
Ashley County, AR is very conservative. In Ashley County, AR 26.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ashley county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.0% to 26.8%.
Ashley county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 71658 (Montrose, AR) is strongly conservative.
Montrose, Arkansas is strongly conservative.
Ashley 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.
Montrose, 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 71658 (Montrose)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $1,500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $375 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)