Batesville, Arkansas is located in the 72501 area of Independence county and is home to a thriving population. It has a diverse political landscape with both local and state representatives working to ensure that residents get the best services possible. At the local level, there are several candidates running for office in the upcoming elections. These include Bonnie Reeder for City Councilmember, Debbie Hauck for Mayor, Tom Tinsley for County Judge, Jill McCoy for Constable, and Roy Dittmar for Justice of the Peace. All of these individuals are committed to ensuring that Batesville's citizens receive quality services and are actively working to improve the city's infrastructure and economy. At the state level, there are several seats on the Arkansas State Legislature that will be up for election this year as well. Residents in Batesville can look forward to a vibrant political environment with plenty of options when it comes to voting on important issues.
The political climate in Zip 72501 (Batesville, AR) is very conservative.
Independence County, AR is very conservative. In Independence County, AR 19.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Independence county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.5% to 19.3%.
Independence county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 72501 (Batesville, AR) is very conservative.
Batesville, Arkansas is very conservative.
Independence County, Arkansas is very conservative.
Batesville 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.
Batesville, 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 72501 (Batesville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 734 contributions totaling $36,999 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 263 contributions totaling $40,144 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $153 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)