Gould leans slightly Democratic by roughly 8 points: about 54% of voters vote Democratic and 46% Republican.
About 27% of adults in Gould typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Gould, ~15% vote Democratic, ~12% Republican, and ~73% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Gould compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Gould leans more Democratic than 36 of 40 neighbors.
Gould runs about 39 points more Democratic than Arkansas as a whole. Arkansas leans Republican overall, while Gould is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Gould. The east side runs the most Democratic (D+13) and the north side runs the most Republican (R+14), a spread of about 27 points.
Why Gould 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 Gould, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural, majority-Black areas of the Southern Black Belt vote Democratic, against the usual rural pattern. About 67% of residents in Gould are Black or African American, about 55 points above the Arkansas average of 11%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 43% of adults in Gould have never been married, above 96% of cities. Gould runs against the grain of Arkansas, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Gould, AR sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Gould looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Gould 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 31%, about 20 points below the Arkansas average of 51%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 32% of households in Gould rent, above 86% of cities. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 40% of adults in Gould report food insecurity, in the top fraction of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Meroney, AR R+14
- Reedville, AR R+65
- Yorktown, AR R+57
- Mitchellville, AR D+49
- Farelly Lake, AR R+15
- Dumas, AR D+3
- Grady, AR R+5
- Garrett Bridge, AR R+86
- Pendleton, AR R+52
- Back Gate, AR R+49
Cities with Similar Populations
- Golden, ID R+72
- Carolina, AL R+81
- Garden City, MN R+37
- Catawba, KY R+65
- Kwigillingok, AK D+18
- Wapiti, WY R+63
- Enterprise, WV R+59
- Pe Ell, WA R+45
- Odessa, DE D+4
- Whittlesey, WI R+51
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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.