Murphys Corner is a Republican stronghold. About 21% of voters here vote Democratic and 79% Republican.
About 32% of adults in Murphys Corner typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Murphys Corner, ~7% vote Democratic, ~25% Republican, and ~68% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Murphys Corner compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Murphys Corner leans more Republican than 16 of 61 neighbors.
Murphys Corner runs about 28 points more Republican than Arkansas as a whole.
Why Murphys Corner 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 Murphys Corner, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 91% of residents in Murphys Corner drive to work alone, about 17 points above the U.S. average of 74%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 76% of households in Murphys Corner are family households, above 78% of cities.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Murphys Corner, 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 Murphys Corner looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Murphys Corner 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 23% of adults in Murphys Corner report food insecurity, above 87% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 83% of adults in Murphys Corner have completed high school, below 86% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Newport, AR R+38
- Diaz, AR R+48
- Campbell Station, AR R+47
- Remmel, AR R+54
- Amagon, AR R+72
- Jacksonport, AR R+51
- Grubbs, AR R+62
- Horseshoe, AR R+40
- Tuckerman, AR R+54
- Fitzgerald, AR R+59
Cities with Similar Populations
- Hillville, PA R+64
- Mayflower, LA R+46
- Looneyville, TX R+72
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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.