Harvey is a Republican stronghold. About 13% of voters here vote Democratic and 87% Republican.
About 41% of adults in Harvey typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Harvey, ~5% vote Democratic, ~36% Republican, and ~59% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Harvey compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Harvey leans more Republican than 32 of 39 neighbors.
Harvey runs about 43 points more Republican than Arkansas as a whole.
Why Harvey 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 Harvey, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 3% of residents in Harvey live in densely developed areas, about 10 points below the Arkansas average of 13%.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Harvey, AR 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 Harvey looks the way it does
Areas with low high-school completion turn out at lower rates. About 82% of adults in Harvey have completed high school, about 8 points below the U.S. average of 90%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Union Hill, AR R+72
- Gravelly, AR R+71
- Blue Ball, AR R+71
- Parks, AR R+74
- Bluffton, AR R+71
- Y City, AR R+65
- Tate, AR R+73
- Sugar Grove, AR R+72
- Bates, AR R+73
- Pencil Bluff, AR R+64
Cities with Similar Populations
- Leggett, TX R+60
- Fairford, AL R+40
- Quinlan, OK R+77
- Chinese Camp, CA R+49
- Sharon, GA D+6
- McPherron, PA R+68
- Litomysl, MN R+47
- New Boston, PA R+48
- Malaga, OH R+67
- Richohoc, LA R+19
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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.