Morning Star is a Republican stronghold. About 14% of voters here vote Democratic and 86% Republican.
About 49% of adults in Morning Star typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Morning Star, ~7% vote Democratic, ~42% Republican, and ~51% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Morning Star compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Morning Star leans more Republican than 54 of 56 neighbors.
Morning Star runs about 42 points more Republican than Arkansas as a whole.
Why Morning Star 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 Morning Star, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 4% of residents in Morning Star live in densely developed areas, about 8 points below the Arkansas average of 13%. A high white share with below-average college attainment predicts Republican voting, and Morning Star fits that profile on both counts.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Morning Star, 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 Morning Star looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Morning Star 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 23% of adults in Morning Star report food insecurity, above 88% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 67% of adults in Morning Star have completed high school, in the bottom fraction of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Zack, AR R+72
- Harriet, AR R+71
- Marshall, AR R+68
- Gilbert, AR R+66
- Tomahawk, AR R+64
- Elberta, AR R+68
- Canaan, AR R+66
- Big Flat, AR R+63
- Leslie, AR R+67
Cities with Similar Populations
- Deer Creek, OK R+70
- Bens Run, WV R+68
- Sunrise Springs, AZ D+54
- Lakeshore, MS R+63
- West Eminence, MO R+67
- Cutshalltown, NC R+33
- Cedar Springs, TX R+63
- San Gregorio, CA D+36
- Golconda, NV R+63
- Straits Corners, NY R+40
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.