Pumpkin Center is a Republican stronghold. About 16% of voters here vote Democratic and 84% Republican.
About 78% of adults in Pumpkin Center typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Pumpkin Center, ~12% vote Democratic, ~66% Republican, and ~22% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Pumpkin Center compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Pumpkin Center leans more Republican than 42 of 46 neighbors.
Pumpkin Center runs about 49 points more Republican than Missouri as a whole.
Why Pumpkin Center 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 Pumpkin Center, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Pumpkin Center, about 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 26 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 10 points below the U.S. average of 28%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Pumpkin Center sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 5%, below 75% of cities).
Never-married share, developed land, and voter turnout
Places that combine a low never-married share and a rural land-use pattern tend to turn out at a higher rate, as Pumpkin Center, MO does.
Why turnout in Pumpkin Center looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 96% of adults in Pumpkin Center have completed high school, about 6 points above the Missouri average of 89%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Maryville, MO R+23
- Conception Junction, MO R+57
- Skidmore, MO R+66
- Maitland, MO R+66
Cities with Similar Populations
- Grenola, KS R+69
- Ronco, PA R+38
- Slab Fork, WV R+75
- Byrneville, FL R+47
- Arthur, WV R+82
- Core Point, NC R+42
- Jimtown, OK R+74
- Dale, SC D+40
- Grassmere, WA R+27
- Foster, MO R+68
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Missouri 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.