72853 Ola, AR is a small rural community located in Yell County. In this community, local politics focus on issues such as education, infrastructure, and economics. The residents of 72853 Ola are served by two local elected officials: the mayor and the town council. The mayor is responsible for providing leadership and overseeing all major decisions related to the city. The town council is responsible for setting the budget, managing funds, and making decisions about ordinances that affect the citizens of 72853 Ola. All of these officials are elected by the people of 72853 Ola in order to ensure that they have a say in how their government operates. Local elections are held every four years to elect new officials who will take on roles in city hall that will represent their constituents' interests.
The political climate in Zip 72853 (Ola, AR) is strongly conservative.
Yell County, AR is very conservative. In Yell County, AR 19.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Yell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.5% to 19.0%.
Yell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 72853 (Ola, AR) is strongly conservative.
Ola, Arkansas is strongly conservative.
Yell County, Arkansas is very conservative.
Russellville 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.
Ola, 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 72853 (Ola)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 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)