Pleasant Grove is a Republican stronghold. About 15% of voters here vote Democratic and 85% Republican.
About 42% of adults in Pleasant Grove typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Pleasant Grove, ~6% vote Democratic, ~36% Republican, and ~58% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Pleasant Grove compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Pleasant Grove leans more Republican than 59 of 68 neighbors.
Pleasant Grove runs about 39 points more Republican than Arkansas as a whole.
Why Pleasant Grove 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 Pleasant Grove, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 7% of adults in Pleasant Grove hold a bachelor's degree, about 11 points below the Arkansas average of 18%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Pleasant Grove sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 4%, below 88% of cities).
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Pleasant Grove, AR sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Pleasant Grove looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Pleasant Grove 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%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 32% of households in Pleasant Grove rent, above 86% of cities. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 22% of adults in Pleasant Grove report food insecurity, above 86% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Scotland, AR R+69
- Gravel Hill, AR R+68
- Formosa, AR R+66
- Culpeper, AR R+69
- Cleveland, AR R+63
- Choctaw, AR R+62
- Center Ridge, AR R+62
- Crabtree, AR R+62
- Lick Mountain, AR R+64
- Clinton, AR R+63
Cities with Similar Populations
- Morland, KS R+72
- Gem, WV R+60
- Foneswood, VA R+23
- North Rome, PA R+56
- Woods, OR R+26
- Wien, MO R+67
- Brewster, NE R+78
- Galatia, NC Even
- Coats, KS R+73
- Shortsville, PA R+62
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.