Blakely is a Republican stronghold. About 24% of voters here vote Democratic and 76% Republican.
About 72% of adults in Blakely typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Blakely, ~17% vote Democratic, ~55% Republican, and ~28% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Blakely compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Blakely leans more Republican than 10 of 37 neighbors.
Blakely runs about 21 points more Republican than Arkansas as a whole.
Why Blakely 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 Blakely, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 81% of households in Blakely are family households, about 14 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Blakely, AR sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Blakely looks the way it does
Turnout in Blakely sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Mount Tabor, AR R+50
- Euclid Heights, AR R+35
- Fountain Lake, AR R+50
- Piney, AR R+40
- Wing, AR R+69
- Steve, AR R+68
Cities with Similar Populations
- Traver, CA R+43
- Omega, OH R+57
- Corinth, NC R+38
- Fernan Lake Village, ID R+28
- Crane, MT R+64
- Rose City, AR D+54
- Nursery, TX R+70
- Dawson, NE R+64
- McDaniel, IN R+52
- Regal, MN R+53
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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.