Evening Star is a Republican stronghold. About 16% of voters here vote Democratic and 84% Republican.
About 60% of adults in Evening Star typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Evening Star, ~10% vote Democratic, ~50% Republican, and ~40% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Evening Star compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Evening Star leans more Republican than 33 of 58 neighbors.
Evening Star runs about 38 points more Republican than Arkansas as a whole.
Why Evening Star 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 Evening Star, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 4% of residents in Evening Star live in densely developed areas, about 9 points below the Arkansas average of 13%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 75% of households in Evening Star are family households, above 75% of cities.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Evening Star, AR sits below the national average on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.
Why turnout in Evening Star looks the way it does
Turnout in Evening Star sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Beech Grove, AR R+68
- Delaplaine, AR R+69
- Stanford, AR R+68
- Peach Orchard, AR R+67
- Faulknerville, AR R+68
- Stonewall, AR R+69
- O'Kean, AR R+66
- Light, AR R+70
- Lafe, AR R+68
Cities with Similar Populations
- Riceford, MN R+29
- Himyar, KY R+73
- Spring Valley Colony, SD R+17
- Guique, NM D+17
- Mount Airy, VA R+14
- Zunkerville, TX R+42
- Prairie City, SD R+74
- Hull, ND R+72
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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.