Alpena is a Republican stronghold. About 18% of voters here vote Democratic and 82% Republican.
About 55% of adults in Alpena typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Alpena, ~10% vote Democratic, ~46% Republican, and ~44% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Alpena compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Alpena leans more Republican than 34 of 57 neighbors.
Alpena runs about 34 points more Republican than Arkansas as a whole.
Why Alpena 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 Alpena, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 80% of households in Alpena are family households, about 14 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Alpena, AR sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.
Why turnout in Alpena looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Alpena is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout, and about 4% of homes in Alpena have more than one occupant per room, above 83% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Carrollton, AR R+62
- Green Forest, AR R+38
- Omaha, AR R+65
- Harrison, AR R+53
- Rule, AR R+63
- Osage, AR R+65
- Gaither, AR R+66
- Oak Grove, AR R+67
- Burlington, AR R+62
Cities with Similar Populations
- Cape Vincent, NY R+17
- Dunkerton, IA R+39
- Divernon, IL R+49
- Rucker, CA R+5
- Blairtown, WY R+56
- Goodfield, IL R+51
- Sapphire, NC R+20
- Clarktown, NJ R+16
- Montgomery, LA R+75
- Evergreen, NC R+41
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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.