The politics of 72202 Little Rock, AR are heavily influenced by the city's population. Little Rock is the largest city in Arkansas and its residents have a diverse range of political views. The area is represented by several local politicians who are elected to serve on municipal, county, state and federal levels. On the local level, Mayor Frank Scott Jr., City Director Erma Hendrix and City Council Members Brad Cazort, Capi Peck, Lance Hines, Ken Richardson and Joan Adcock are all members of the Little Rock City Board of Directors. These seven members are responsible for making decisions on budget allocations, building projects and other matters that affect the quality of life in 72202 Little Rock. They also help set policy for the city鈥檚 schools and police department. On a state level, Arkansas has two senators representing it in Washington DC as well as nine representatives serving in the US House of Representatives. The current governor is Asa Hutchinson who was re-elected in 2018 to serve his second term as Governor of Arkansas.
The political climate in Zip 72202 (Little Rock, AR) is moderately 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 72202 (Little Rock, AR) is moderately liberal.
Little Rock, Arkansas is moderately 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 72202 (Little Rock)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,197 contributions totaling $368,569 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $308 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 205 contributions totaling $139,554 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $681 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)