Crosses leans slightly Republican by roughly 10 points: about 45% of voters vote Democratic and 55% Republican.
About 51% of adults in Crosses typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Crosses, ~23% vote Democratic, ~28% Republican, and ~49% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Crosses compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Crosses leans more Republican than 3 of 52 neighbors.
Crosses runs about 20 points more Democratic than Arkansas as a whole.
Why Crosses 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 Crosses, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 90% of residents in Crosses drive to work alone, about 17 points above the U.S. average of 74%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 80% of households in Crosses are family households, above 89% of cities.
Never-married share and voter turnout
Places with a never-married-heavy adult population tend to turn out at a lower rate; Crosses, AR sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Crosses looks the way it does
Areas with low high-school completion turn out at lower rates. About 98% of adults in Crosses have completed high school, about 9 points above the U.S. average of 90%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Harris, AR R+36
- Sulphur City, AR R+34
- Elkins, AR R+40
- Greenland, AR R+28
- Wyman, AR R+16
- Tuttle, AR R+37
- Fayetteville, AR D+17
- Durham, AR R+49
- Goshen, AR R+24
- West Fork, AR R+37
Cities with Similar Populations
- Woodruff, IN R+66
- Scott, MS R+21
- Whiteville, OH R+49
- Jackson Hill, IN R+60
- Independence, IN R+59
- Dallas, AR R+64
- Iola, PA R+54
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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.