Grubbs is a Republican stronghold. About 19% of voters here vote Democratic and 81% Republican.
About 16% of adults in Grubbs typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Grubbs, ~3% vote Democratic, ~13% Republican, and ~84% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Grubbs compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Grubbs leans more Republican than 16 of 53 neighbors.
Grubbs runs about 31 points more Republican than Arkansas as a whole.
Why Grubbs 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 Grubbs, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 5% of residents in Grubbs live in densely developed areas, about 8 points below the Arkansas average of 13%. Low college attainment predicts Republican voting, and Grubbs sits in the bottom quarter (about 6%, below 98% of cities). A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 79% of households in Grubbs are family households, above 86% of cities.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Grubbs, AR sits in the bottom tenth nationally 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 Grubbs looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Grubbs 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 46%, about 6 points below the Arkansas average of 51%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 27% of adults in Grubbs report food insecurity, above 93% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 78% of adults in Grubbs have completed high school, below 93% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Weiner, AR R+73
- Balch, AR R+74
- Newport, AR R+38
- Remmel, AR R+54
Cities with Similar Populations
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- Yardelle, AR R+67
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- Sikes, LA R+88
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- False Pass, AK D+6
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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.