Des Arc is a Republican stronghold. About 17% of voters here vote Democratic and 83% Republican.
About 71% of adults in Des Arc typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Des Arc, ~12% vote Democratic, ~59% Republican, and ~29% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Des Arc compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Des Arc leans more Republican than 21 of 40 neighbors.
Des Arc runs about 48 points more Republican than Missouri as a whole.
Why Des Arc 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 Des Arc, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas with a high white share vote Republican. Des Arc sits in the bottom quarter on density and about 97% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 10 points above the Missouri average of 87%.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Des Arc, MO sits in the bottom tenth 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 Des Arc looks the way it does
Turnout in Des Arc sits close to the national pattern. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Vulcan, MO R+66
- Cascade, MO R+71
- Brunot, MO R+68
- Patterson, MO R+72
- Annapolis, MO R+63
- Piedmont, MO R+64
- Minimum, MO R+63
- Sabula, MO R+62
- Silva, MO R+68
- Jewett, MO R+65
Cities with Similar Populations
- Mount Gay, WV R+62
- Marblehead, WI R+39
- Eustis, NE R+73
- Etna Mills, VA R+35
- Custards, PA R+60
- Panama, NE R+43
- Long Lake, WA R+42
- Stanton, AL R+68
- Graniteville, MA D+18
- Peters, TX R+53
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Missouri 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.