72576 Salem, AR is a small town in Fulton County with a population of around 1,800 residents. Although the town is relatively small, there are still many local political candidates running for office. Some of the current local candidates include Richard Densmore for Mayor and DeAnna Bierbaum for City Council. All of the candidates are passionate about making positive change in their community and working together to improve the quality of life in Salem. As such, they have each spent time talking to citizens and listening to their concerns on issues such as improving public safety, attracting new businesses, and creating more recreational opportunities for residents. With upcoming elections, it will be interesting to see what direction Salem's politics takes in the future.
The political climate in Zip 72576 (Salem, AR) is very conservative.
Fulton County, AR is very conservative. In Fulton County, AR 20.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fulton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.4% to 20.2%.
Fulton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 72576 (Salem, AR) is very conservative.
Salem, Arkansas is very conservative.
Fulton 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.
Salem, 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 72576 (Salem)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 92 contributions totaling $12,321 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $134 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $2,362 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)