Maxville is a Republican stronghold. About 15% of voters here vote Democratic and 85% Republican.
About 56% of adults in Maxville typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Maxville, ~8% vote Democratic, ~48% Republican, and ~44% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Maxville compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Maxville leans more Republican than 53 of 62 neighbors.
Maxville runs about 40 points more Republican than Arkansas as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Maxville. The west side is the most Republican-leaning (R+75) and the southeast side is the least Republican-leaning (R+65), a spread of about 10 points.
Why Maxville 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 Maxville, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 15% of adults in Maxville hold a bachelor's degree, about 14 points below the U.S. average of 28%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 78% of households in Maxville are family households, above 84% of cities.
Walkability and Republican lean
Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Maxville, AR sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Maxville looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Maxville 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 47%, about 13 points below the U.S. average of 60%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 21% of adults in Maxville report food insecurity, above 82% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Cave City, AR R+65
- Sidney, AR R+72
- Sandtown, AR R+69
- Evening Shade, AR R+71
- Hickory Valley, AR R+69
- Poughkeepsie, AR R+69
- Shelbyville, AR R+69
- Mount Pleasant, AR R+70
- Sage, AR R+69
- Cushman, AR R+64
Cities with Similar Populations
- St. David, ME R+34
- Homeside, OH R+41
- Cardinal, VA R+30
- Plymouth, KS R+52
- Carlton, AL R+19
- Upperville, VA R+20
- Sugar Mountain, NC R+23
- Conetoe, NC Even
- Friesland, MN R+42
- Rollin, MI R+40
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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.