Republican is a Republican stronghold. About 18% of voters here vote Democratic and 82% Republican.
About 75% of adults in Republican typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Republican, ~14% vote Democratic, ~61% Republican, and ~25% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Republican compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Republican leans more Republican than 34 of 66 neighbors.
Republican runs about 34 points more Republican than Arkansas as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Republican. The west side is the most Republican-leaning (R+69) and the north side is the least Republican-leaning (R+52), a spread of about 17 points.
Why Republican 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 Republican, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 84% of households in Republican are family households, about 17 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Never-married share and voter turnout
Places with a low never-married share tend to turn out at a higher rate; Republican, AR sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Republican looks the way it does
High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Republican have completed high school, above 83% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Twin Groves, AR R+56
- Greenbrier, AR R+65
- Martinville, AR R+56
- Wooster, AR R+61
- Guy, AR R+65
- Damascus, AR R+66
- Springfield, AR R+62
- McGintytown, AR R+75
- Menifee, AR R+25
- Gravesville, AR R+72
Cities with Similar Populations
- Chester Gap, VA R+22
- Hillview, MN R+56
- Nichols, WI R+46
- Scotland, GA R+45
- Linnville, OH R+60
- Carlotta, CA R+19
- Harris, NC R+68
- Harveyville, KS R+54
- Strawberry, AR R+74
- Rosedale, MI R+31
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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.