West Fork, AR is a small town in the northwestern part of Arkansas. The community is known for its strong sense of community and rural charm. Despite its size, West Fork has a vibrant political life with both local and national issues discussed in weekly town hall meetings. There are several local political candidates representing the citizens of West Fork in state and federal government. These candidates focus on issues that affect the citizens such as education, job growth, and infrastructure improvements. The town also participates in county-wide elections to select representatives at the regional level. Overall, West Fork’s political climate reflects the values and beliefs of its citizens and provides them with an opportunity to make their voices heard through their elected officials.
The political climate in Zip 72774 (West Fork, AR) is somewhat conservative.
Washington County, AR is leaning conservative. In Washington County, AR 46.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained Republican, 50.4% to 46.5%.
Washington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 72774 (West Fork, AR) is somewhat conservative.
West Fork, Arkansas is somewhat conservative.
Washington County, Arkansas is leaning conservative.
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers 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.
West Fork, 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 72774 (West Fork)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 193 contributions totaling $5,695 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23 contributions totaling $2,816 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $122 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)