72210 Little Rock, AR is located in the heart of Arkansas. It is a vibrant city with lots of political activity. The main parties in the area are the Democratic and Republican Party, both of which have active local organizations. Politically, Little Rock is historically a blue state with President Barack Obama receiving strong support here in 2008 and 2012. In recent years, voters have become increasingly divided on ideological lines. Recently, debates around healthcare, minimum wage, and taxation have energized campaigns for local office. In recent election cycles, notable candidates who have represented Little Rock include Senator Tom Cotton from the Republican party and State Representative Clarke Tucker from the Democratic party. Regardless of one's political views, Little Rock has been an important center of influences for statewide politics in Arkansas for decades.
The political climate in Zip 72210 (Little Rock, AR) is somewhat liberal.
Pulaski County, AR is moderately liberal. In Pulaski County, AR 60.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 37.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pulaski county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.0% to 37.5%.
Pulaski county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 72210 (Little Rock, AR) is somewhat liberal.
Little Rock, Arkansas is somewhat liberal.
Pulaski County, Arkansas is moderately liberal.
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway Metro Area is leaning 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.
Little Rock, Arkansas: d D D D D D
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 72210 (Little Rock)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 404 contributions totaling $22,793 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 130 contributions totaling $27,022 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $208 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)