Denmark is a Republican stronghold. About 12% of voters here vote Democratic and 88% Republican.
About 53% of adults in Denmark typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Denmark, ~6% vote Democratic, ~47% Republican, and ~47% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Denmark compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Denmark leans more Republican than 68 of 71 neighbors.
Denmark runs about 45 points more Republican than Arkansas as a whole.
Why Denmark 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 Denmark, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 5% of residents in Denmark live in densely developed areas, about 8 points below the Arkansas average of 13%. Low college attainment predicts Republican voting, and Denmark sits in the bottom quarter (about 12%, below 87% of cities). A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 78% of households in Denmark are family households, above 85% of cities.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Denmark, AR sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Denmark looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Denmark 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 48%, about 12 points below the U.S. average of 60%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 21% of adults in Denmark report food insecurity, above 83% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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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.