Politics in 71764 Stephens, AR are largely governed by the local and state government. The city is a part of the Arkansas House of Representatives District 7, and is represented in the state government by Representative Jana Della Rosa. On a local level, the city is divided into two wards with each ward electing two aldermen to represent them on the City Council. Currently, Ward 1 is represented by Aldermen James Smith and Harriet Adams while Ward 2 is represented by Aldermen John Johnson and Laura Wilson. Local elections take place every two years for both aldermen and mayor positions. Every citizen residing within city limits has the right to vote in these elections and a strong sense of civic engagement permeates throughout 71764 Stephens, AR.
The political climate in Zip 71764 (Stephens, AR) is somewhat conservative.
Ouachita County, AR is somewhat conservative. In Ouachita County, AR 41.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ouachita county remained strongly Republican, 55.0% to 41.5%.
Ouachita county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 71764 (Stephens, AR) is somewhat conservative.
Stephens, Arkansas is somewhat conservative.
Ouachita County, Arkansas is somewhat conservative.
Camden Metro Area is moderately 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.
Stephens, Arkansas: d 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 71764 (Stephens)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)