In 72579 Sulphur Rock, AR, politics are an important part of the community. The town is served by a mayor and town council who work together to make decisions that benefit the people of Sulphur Rock. Every four years there is an election for mayor and town council positions to ensure that new leaders can be elected into office. During these elections, local citizens get the chance to voice their opinions on issues that matter to them in the form of voting for their preferred candidates. Additionally, the town council holds regular meetings where they discuss everything from budgets to proposed ordinances and make decisions about how best to serve their constituents. Overall, Sulphur Rock is a great place where citizens can voice their opinions and help shape the future of their city through active participation in local politics.
The political climate in Zip 72579 (Sulphur Rock, AR) is very conservative.
Independence County, AR is very conservative. In Independence County, AR 19.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Independence county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.5% to 19.3%.
Independence county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 72579 (Sulphur Rock, AR) is very conservative.
Sulphur Rock, Arkansas is very conservative.
Independence County, Arkansas is very conservative.
Batesville 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.
Sulphur Rock, 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 72579 (Sulphur Rock)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $10 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $5 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $810 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)