Umpire, AR (71971) is a small rural town in Arkansas with a population of around 500. The town has a mayoral-council form of government with the mayor being elected by popular vote every four years. Local elections are held annually to elect council members and other officials such as a treasurer, recorder, clerk, attorney and police chief. In recent years, the citizens of Umpire have shown great interest in their local government and have become very involved in the political process. Issues that have been discussed include funding for public services, infrastructure improvements, economic development and community projects. Many citizens attend public hearings to make sure their voices are heard and that their concerns about local policy are addressed. Umpire is proud to have an active and engaged citizenry who are committed to improving their town through politics.
The political climate in Zip 71971 (Umpire, AR) is very conservative.
Howard County, AR is very conservative. In Howard County, AR 27.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Howard county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.7% to 27.7%.
Howard county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 71971 (Umpire, AR) is very conservative.
Umpire, Arkansas is very conservative.
Howard 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.
Umpire, 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 71971 (Umpire)
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 1 contributions totaling $100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)