DeQueen leans heavily Republican by roughly 36 points: about 32% of voters vote Democratic and 68% Republican.
About 47% of adults in DeQueen typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in DeQueen, ~15% vote Democratic, ~32% Republican, and ~53% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How DeQueen compares
Among cities within 25 miles, DeQueen is the least Republican-leaning.
DeQueen runs about 5 points more Republican than Arkansas as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within DeQueen. The southeast side is the most Republican-leaning (R+68) and the east side is the least Republican-leaning (R+22), a spread of about 46 points.
Why DeQueen 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 DeQueen, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 8% of adults in DeQueen hold a bachelor's degree, about 10 points below the Arkansas average of 18%. Dense places usually vote Democratic, but DeQueen runs against that pattern.
High-school completion, developed land, and voter turnout
Places that combine low high-school-completion share and a heavily developed built environment tend to turn out at a lower rate, as DeQueen, AR does.
Why turnout in DeQueen looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. DeQueen 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 44%, about 8 points below the Arkansas average of 51%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 40% of households in DeQueen rent, compared to around 23% in nearby cities. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 32% of adults in DeQueen report food insecurity, above 96% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Process City, AR R+64
- Chapel Hill, AR R+68
- Pullman, AR R+69
- Walnut Springs, AR R+73
- Geneva, AR R+72
- Red Wing, AR R+72
- Horatio, AR R+66
- Kellum, AR R+68
- Neal Springs, AR R+64
Cities with Similar Populations
- Veneta, OR R+7
- Catskill, NY Even
- Gulf Hills, MS R+29
- Lake Hopatcong, NJ R+15
- Sturtevant, WI Even
- Elkmont, AL R+73
- Lansdowne, MD D+13
- Hilliard, FL R+68
- Stuttgart, AR R+10
- Farr West, UT R+50
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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.