Lake Village leans slightly Republican by roughly 10 points: about 45% of voters vote Democratic and 55% Republican.
About 57% of adults in Lake Village typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Lake Village, ~26% vote Democratic, ~31% Republican, and ~43% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Lake Village compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Lake Village leans more Republican than 12 of 45 neighbors.
Lake Village runs about 20 points more Democratic than Arkansas as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Lake Village. The north side runs the most Democratic (D+15) and the southeast side runs the most Republican (R+61), a spread of about 76 points.
Why Lake Village 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 Lake Village, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 88% of residents in Lake Village drive to work alone, about 14 points above the U.S. average of 74%.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Lake Village, AR sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Lake Village looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Lake Village 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 48%, about 12 points below the U.S. average of 60%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 32% of households in Lake Village rent, above 87% of cities. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 25% of adults in Lake Village report food insecurity, above 91% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Luna, AR R+66
- Macon Lake, AR R+48
- Refuge, MS R+34
- Montrose, AR R+49
- Eudora, AR D+35
- Swiftwater, MS R+18
- Bellaire, AR R+57
- Portland, AR R+31
Cities with Similar Populations
- Harriman, NY D+11
- Benton, PA R+51
- Harbor, OR R+9
- Paonia, CO Even
- Myakka City, FL R+57
- Scotland Neck, NC D+39
- Morongo Valley, CA R+18
- Brookline Station, MO R+36
- Suggs Creek, TN R+46
- Ethridge, TN R+74
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.