The politics in 71956 Mountain Pine, AR are quite quiet and peaceful. Despite its small size, the town of Mountain Pine has a significant impact on local politics. The entire area is served by the Ouachita County Board of Commissioners, which makes decisions regarding roads, county services, parks and recreation, and other matters important to the community. The local election process is also handled by the Ouachita County Board of Elections. Residents have an opportunity to vote in county elections for various positions such as sheriff, assessor, treasurer, justices of the peace and more. Citizens can also get involved in local politics by attending meetings or joining their community's political clubs to discuss current issues. However, due to its small population size there are no nameable local political candidates in Mountain Pine.
The political climate in Zip 71956 (Mountain Pine, AR) is strongly conservative.
Garland County, AR is very conservative. In Garland County, AR 31.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Garland county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.8% to 31.8%.
Garland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 71956 (Mountain Pine, AR) is strongly conservative.
Mountain Pine, Arkansas is strongly conservative.
Garland County, Arkansas is very conservative.
Hot Springs 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.
Mountain Pine, 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 71956 (Mountain Pine)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $1,080 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $270 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $1,550 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $775 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)