Vandervoort, AR is a small town in Polk County with a population of 772. It has a mayor-council form of government, and the mayor is currently Shawn Gilbert. The city council consists of five members, each elected at-large to serve two-year terms. The current council members are David Smith, Michael Moore, Jerry Johnson, Edgar Anderson, and Carol Gates. In addition to the local government, Vandervoort also sends representatives to the state legislature in Little Rock. Voters in Vandervoort have a variety of candidates to choose from when it comes to politics. Much like other towns in Arkansas, residents of Vandervoort tend to lean towards conservative ideals when it comes to their political views and voting preferences.
The political climate in Zip 71972 (Vandervoort, AR) is very conservative.
Polk County, AR is very conservative. In Polk County, AR 14.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Polk county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.9% to 14.7%.
Polk county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 71972 (Vandervoort, AR) is very conservative.
Vandervoort, Arkansas is very conservative.
Polk 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.
Vandervoort, 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 71972 (Vandervoort)
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)