The city of Russellville, AR, is located in the Arkansas River Valley and is home to a population of over 28,000. It is a city that has seen a steady growth in recent years due to its proximity to Little Rock and Fort Smith. In terms of local politics, most of the municipal government is run by the Russellville City Council, who are elected by the citizens of Russellville every four years. The current Mayor is Randy Horton and he has been re-elected numerous times due to his commitment to improving services for all citizens. The City Council appoints department heads and oversees many aspects of life in Russellville such as building projects, zoning regulations, trash collection, and enacting ordinances. A number of special commissions also provide advice on various topics including transportation infrastructure, economic development, housing issues, and public safety. Local political candidates campaigning for elected office usually focus on tackling these issues with solutions that benefit all members of the community.
The political climate in Zip 72802 (Russellville, AR) is very 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 72802 (Russellville, AR) is very conservative.
Russellville, Arkansas is very 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 72802 (Russellville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 422 contributions totaling $31,946 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 363 contributions totaling $114,412 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $315 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)