The city of 72801 Russellville, AR is a vibrant and thriving community. It is located in Pope County and is part of the Arkansas River Valley region. The town has a rich history and culture, with many attractions to keep visitors entertained and informed. Politically, the county is mostly conservative but there are a variety of political affiliations among its residents. Locally, the Russellville City Council consists of seven members who are responsible for governing the city. The Mayor and City Council are elected every four years by registered voters in the area. The City Council works to ensure that quality services, such as police protection, fire safety, infrastructure improvements, public utilities and recreation facilities are available for citizens to use safely and efficiently. Additionally the council works to ensure that all laws are enforced in order to make sure that everyone in the community is treated fairly under the law.
The political climate in Zip 72801 (Russellville, AR) is strongly conservative.
Pope County, AR is very conservative. In Pope County, AR 23.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pope county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.0% to 23.6%.
Pope county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 72801 (Russellville, AR) is strongly conservative.
Russellville, Arkansas is strongly conservative.
Pope County, Arkansas is very conservative.
Russellville 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.
Russellville, 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 72801 (Russellville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 148 contributions totaling $17,478 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 210 contributions totaling $39,498 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $188 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)