Cotton Plant, AR Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Cotton Plant

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Cotton Plant is a true toss-up. About 49% of voters here vote Democratic and 51% Republican.

 

About 56% of adults in Cotton Plant typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Cotton Plant, ~27% vote Democratic, ~29% Republican, and ~44% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Cotton Plant compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Cotton Plant sits roughly in the middle of the political spectrum, with 0 neighbors leaning further in the place's direction and 52 leaning the other way.

Cotton Plant runs about 28 points more Democratic than Arkansas as a whole.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Cotton Plant. The east side runs the most Democratic (D+19) and the northeast side runs the most Republican (R+76), a spread of about 95 points.

Why Cotton Plant leans the way it does

Density, race composition, education, and family structure all sit close to their national averages in Cotton Plant. The lean here lands roughly where demographic data alone would predict.

Paved land cover and Republican lean

Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Cotton Plant, AR sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.

Why turnout in Cotton Plant looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Cotton Plant 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 47%, about 13 points below the U.S. average of 60%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 46% of households in Cotton Plant rent, about 21 points above the U.S. average of 25%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 24% of adults in Cotton Plant report food insecurity, above 89% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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.