Mount Vernon is a Republican stronghold. About 15% of voters here vote Democratic and 85% Republican.
About 59% of adults in Mount Vernon typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Mount Vernon, ~9% vote Democratic, ~51% Republican, and ~40% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Mount Vernon compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Mount Vernon leans more Republican than 39 of 57 neighbors.
Mount Vernon runs about 39 points more Republican than Arkansas as a whole.
Why Mount Vernon 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 Mount Vernon, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 78% of households in Mount Vernon are family households, about 12 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Mount Vernon, 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 Mount Vernon looks the way it does
Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout. About 4% of homes in Mount Vernon have more than one occupant per room, above 81% of cities. Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Mount Vernon sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 81% of adults in Mount Vernon have completed high school, below 89% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Enola, AR R+74
- Naylor, AR R+69
- Romance, AR R+72
- McGintytown, AR R+75
- El Paso, AR R+66
- Holland, AR R+71
- Enders, AR R+72
- Rose Bud, AR R+71
- Vilonia, AR R+63
- Floyd, AR R+70
Cities with Similar Populations
- Hankinson, ND R+49
- Boley, OK R+40
- Cypress, FL R+61
- Fort Sumner, NM R+33
- Gholson, TX R+67
- Brook, IN R+58
- Mountain City, TX R+9
- Great River, NY R+17
- Linwood, MA R+6
- Arlington, WI 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.