Mineral is a Republican stronghold. About 15% of voters here vote Democratic and 85% Republican.
About 45% of adults in Mineral typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Mineral, ~7% vote Democratic, ~39% Republican, and ~54% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Mineral compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Mineral leans more Republican than 19 of 37 neighbors.
Mineral runs about 39 points more Republican than Arkansas as a whole.
Why Mineral 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 Mineral, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 8% of adults in Mineral hold a bachelor's degree, about 10 points below the Arkansas average of 18%. Car-dependent areas vote Republican, and about 86% of residents in Mineral drive to work alone, above 85% of cities.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Mineral, 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 Mineral looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Mineral 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%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 25% of adults in Mineral report food insecurity, above 91% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Gillham, AR R+69
- Pullman, AR R+69
- Kellum, AR R+68
- Wickes, AR R+66
- DeQueen, AR R+36
- Red Wing, AR R+72
- Chapel Hill, AR R+68
- Process City, AR R+64
- Grannis, AR R+66
- Vandervoort, AR R+69
Cities with Similar Populations
- High Point, IA R+60
- Nashville, OR D+9
- Saco, PA R+62
- Altonah, UT R+83
- Perry Store, AL R+90
- Trueblue, VA R+52
- New Lands, NC R+41
- Kearsarge, NH Even
- North Guilford, ME R+39
- Elkhorn, WV R+15
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.