In 72958 Waldron, AR politics has been an important part of the community for many years. Located in Scott County, local government and leadership has been focused on providing quality services to citizens. The city is governed by a mayor-council system with five council members who are elected from each of the five wards within the town limits. Elections occur every two years and are conducted by the Scott County Election Commission. Generally, candidates focus on issues such as job growth, public safety, infrastructure improvements, and economic prosperity. The mayor is responsible for representing the city at public events and promoting the area through various initiatives. Local citizens are encouraged to participate in active citizenship and get informed about upcoming elections so they can make educated decisions when casting their ballots.
The political climate in Zip 72958 (Waldron, AR) is strongly conservative.
Scott County, AR is very conservative. In Scott County, AR 13.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Scott county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.4% to 13.6%.
Scott county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 72958 (Waldron, AR) is strongly conservative.
Waldron, Arkansas is strongly conservative.
Scott 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.
Waldron, 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 72958 (Waldron)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 25 contributions totaling $1,757 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $5,353 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $297 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)