Wilburn, AR, is a small town located in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains. Politically, Wilburn is a part of Sebastian County and its residents are represented by local members of the state House and Senate. Currently, Senator Bruce Holland and Representative Nelda Speaks represent Wilburn in the Arkansas General Assembly. Other important local politicians include Jonathan Cross as Sheriff, Jimmie Hightower as County Assessor and Darlene Webb as County Clerk. Politically, Wilburn leans conservative with a strong focus on traditional values such as family, education and religious expression. Local government offices keep up to date with their constituents through town meetings held throughout the year to discuss relevant issues facing Wilburn’s citizens. The town also has several registered political parties which actively participate in local elections and hosting events for various candidates running for office. This helps keep locals informed about who is running for office and what their platforms are so that they can make an educated decision when it comes time to vote.
The political climate in Zip 72179 (Wilburn, AR) is very conservative.
Cleburne County, AR is very conservative. In Cleburne County, AR 15.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cleburne county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.5% to 15.7%.
Cleburne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 72179 (Wilburn, AR) is very conservative.
Wilburn, Arkansas is very conservative.
Cleburne 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.
Wilburn, 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 72179 (Wilburn)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $105 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $4,130 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $459 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)