Cushman is a Republican stronghold. About 18% of voters here vote Democratic and 82% Republican.
About 57% of adults in Cushman typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Cushman, ~10% vote Democratic, ~47% Republican, and ~43% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Cushman compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Cushman leans more Republican than 13 of 59 neighbors.
Cushman runs about 34 points more Republican than Arkansas as a whole.
Why Cushman 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 Cushman, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 81% of households in Cushman are family households, about 14 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Cushman sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 4%, below 83% of cities).
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Cushman, 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 Cushman looks the way it does
Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout. About 5% of homes in Cushman have more than one occupant per room, above 88% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 86% of adults in Cushman have completed high school, below 76% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Limedale, AR R+62
- Sandtown, AR R+69
- Mount Pleasant, AR R+70
- Marcella, AR R+68
- St. James, AR R+69
- Batesville, AR R+49
- Desha, AR R+62
- Guion, AR R+64
- Locust Grove, AR R+69
Cities with Similar Populations
- Lulu, MI R+45
- Oak Grove, AR R+67
- Monterey, MA D+55
- Bluffton, MN R+60
- Washington, VT R+25
- Paluxy, TX R+80
- Petersburg, OH R+48
- Erwinna, PA Even
- Leroy, OK R+63
- Orchard, TX R+36
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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.