Huntington, AR, with the zip code 72940, is a small city nestled between the picturesque Ouachita mountains and the Arkansas River. This area has had a long political history, dating back to before statehood. Today, politics in Huntington are still an important part of life for many of its residents. A variety of local and state-level issues are discussed and voted on in town meetings throughout the year. The town also elects its own mayor and city council members every two years. All of these local officials work hard to ensure that Huntington remains a strong community by addressing economic challenges, maintaining quality of life services such as parks and libraries, and making decisions that benefit the safety of its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 72940 (Huntington, AR) is very conservative.
Sebastian County, AR is very conservative. In Sebastian County, AR 30.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sebastian county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.2% to 30.7%.
Sebastian county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 72940 (Huntington, AR) is very conservative.
Huntington, Arkansas is very conservative.
Sebastian County, Arkansas is very conservative.
Fort Smith Metro Area is very 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.
Huntington, 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 72940 (Huntington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $7,500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $3,750 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)