71961 Oden, AR is a small town located in Montgomery County. Though it is a small community, the politics of the area are still important to many of its citizens. The most prominent political figure in this region is U.S. Representative Bruce Westerman who serves on both the Agriculture and Budget committees in Congress. He has been an advocate for rural communities throughout his time in office and has worked to bring more financial resources to 71961 Oden, AR. In addition, local elections often occur each year where residents have the opportunity to vote for their regional representatives such as county judge or sheriff. These campaigns can be used to spur action on local issues such as economic development or infrastructure projects that impact Oden directly. It's important for all citizens to stay engaged with politics in their area as it affects everyone living there and will help make 71961 Oden, AR an even better place to live and work.
The political climate in Zip 71961 (Oden, AR) is very conservative.
Montgomery County, AR is very conservative. In Montgomery County, AR 18.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Montgomery county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.6% to 18.9%.
Montgomery county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 71961 (Oden, AR) is very conservative.
Oden, Arkansas is very conservative.
Montgomery 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.
Oden, 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 71961 (Oden)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $300 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $300 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $2,010 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $201 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)