The town of Oxford, Arkansas located in zip code 72565 is a small rural town with a population of approximately 1,000 people. Although it is small, Oxford is home to many important political figures. The mayor of the city is Brian Ragsdale, and the board of aldermen consists of Darlene Sinclair, Curtis Stephenson, Reba Lewis-Todd, Tom Parrish and Sheriff John Taylor. Oxford also votes for state and federal representatives who represent not only the city but also the surrounding area. These representatives are responsible for making decisions on issues such as education, healthcare and economic development that will affect all residents in Oxford. They also participate in local debates and forums to help inform citizens about their voting decisions so they can make informed choices when they go to the polls.
The political climate in Zip 72565 (Oxford, AR) is very conservative.
Izard County, AR is very conservative. In Izard County, AR 17.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Izard county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.7% to 17.6%.
Izard county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 72565 (Oxford, AR) is very conservative.
Oxford, Arkansas is very conservative.
Izard 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.
Oxford, Arkansas: d 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 72565 (Oxford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $10 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $5 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)