Richmond is a Republican stronghold. About 16% of voters here vote Democratic and 84% Republican.
About 63% of adults in Richmond typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Richmond, ~10% vote Democratic, ~53% Republican, and ~37% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Richmond compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Richmond leans more Republican than 35 of 51 neighbors.
Richmond runs about 38 points more Republican than Arkansas as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Richmond. The northeast side runs the most Democratic (D+36) and the southeast side runs the most Republican (R+75), a spread of about 111 points.
Why Richmond 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 Richmond, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 97% of residents in Richmond drive to work alone, about 23 points above the U.S. average of 74%.
High-school completion, developed land, and voter turnout
Places that combine high-school-completion-heavy adults and a rural land-use pattern tend to turn out at a higher rate, as Richmond, AR does.
Why turnout in Richmond looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 96% of adults in Richmond have completed high school, about 10 points above the Arkansas average of 87%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Ashdown, AR R+34
- Wilton, AR R+60
- Fomby, AR R+61
- Ogden, AR R+36
- Alleene, AR R+75
- Wallace, AR R+46
- Redbank, TX R+69
- Burns, TX R+52
- Red Lick, TX R+64
- Victory City, TX R+71
Cities with Similar Populations
- Zenith, IL R+71
- Morgan Farm, TX R+39
- Wolf Lake, MN R+59
- Carter, OK R+78
- Port Penn, DE R+4
- Cuyahoga Heights, OH R+22
- Rawlings, VA R+12
- Atlanta, MO R+69
- Linden, IA R+38
- Jennie, MN R+48
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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.