Dardanelle leans slightly Republican by roughly 6 points: about 47% of voters vote Democratic and 53% Republican.
About 66% of adults in Dardanelle typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Dardanelle, ~31% vote Democratic, ~35% Republican, and ~34% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Dardanelle compares
Dardanelle sits in a sparsely populated area with few comparable cities nearby.
Dardanelle runs about 27 points more Republican than California as a whole. California leans Democratic overall, while Dardanelle is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Dardanelle. The northwest side runs the most Democratic (D+36) and the southeast side runs the most Republican (R+12), a spread of about 48 points.
Why Dardanelle 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 Dardanelle, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. Fewer than 1% of residents in Dardanelle live in densely developed areas, about 57 points below the California average of 58%. Dardanelle runs against the grain of California, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Population density, never-married share, and Republican lean
Places that combine low population density and a never-married-heavy adult population tend to lean Republican, as Dardanelle, CA does.
Why turnout in Dardanelle looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Dardanelle is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 68%, about 8 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Strawberry, CA R+4
- Long Barn, CA Even
- Coleville, CA R+19
- Bridgeport, CA R+11
- Mi-Wuk Village, CA Even
- Foresta, CA R+11
- Twain Harte, CA R+11
- Topaz, CA R+7
- Dorrington, CA D+14
- Standard, CA R+26
Cities with Similar Populations
- Adrian, WA R+49
- Kirklands Crossroads, AL R+66
- Kinzua, OR R+49
- Nisula, MI R+19
- Obsidian, ID D+10
- Los Pachecos, NM D+29
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from California 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.