72153 Shirley, AR is a small town in Arkansas located in Cleburne County. It has a population of just under 2,000 people and is part of the Heber Springs Micropolitan Statistical Area. Although the town does not have many political representatives or parties locally, it remains active on the political front by engaging in national and state-wide elections. The citizens of Shirley are enthusiastic about exercising their right to vote and stay informed on the latest political issues. Local organizations like churches and volunteer groups often hold conversations on current events affecting their community, which helps foster a sense of civic duty amongst its residents. Despite being a small town with few well-known politicians, 72153 Shirley, AR still takes part in the democratic process with enthusiasm each election season.
The political climate in Zip 72153 (Shirley, AR) is very conservative.
Van Buren County, AR is very conservative. In Van Buren County, AR 20.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Van Buren county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.3% to 20.4%.
Van Buren county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 72153 (Shirley, AR) is very conservative.
Shirley, Arkansas is very conservative.
Van Buren County, Arkansas is very conservative.
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Arkansas is strongly conservative.
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VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Shirley, 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 72153 (Shirley)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 32 contributions totaling $1,021 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 42 contributions totaling $5,585 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $133 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)