Alicia is a Republican stronghold. About 18% of voters here vote Democratic and 82% Republican.
About 45% of adults in Alicia typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Alicia, ~8% vote Democratic, ~37% Republican, and ~55% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Alicia compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Alicia leans more Republican than 14 of 50 neighbors.
Alicia runs about 34 points more Republican than Arkansas as a whole.
Why Alicia leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Alicia, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Alicia, about 98% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 25 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 7 points below the Arkansas average of 18%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Alicia sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 4%, below 88% of cities).
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Alicia, AR sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Alicia looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Alicia is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 46%, about 5 points below the Arkansas average of 51%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 28% of households in Alicia rent, above 80% of cities. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 22% of adults in Alicia report food insecurity, above 86% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Arkansas Secretary of State, Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.
Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.
Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.