Ritchie is a Republican stronghold. About 16% of voters here vote Democratic and 84% Republican.
About 64% of adults in Ritchie typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Ritchie, ~10% vote Democratic, ~54% Republican, and ~36% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Ritchie compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Ritchie leans more Republican than 40 of 47 neighbors.
Ritchie runs about 38 points more Republican than Arkansas as a whole.
Why Ritchie 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 Ritchie, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 96% of residents in Ritchie drive to work alone, about 22 points above the U.S. average of 74%. Low college attainment predicts Republican voting, and Ritchie sits in the bottom quarter (about 6%, below 98% of cities). A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 78% of households in Ritchie are family households, above 84% of cities.
Park access and Republican lean
Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Ritchie, AR sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.
Why turnout in Ritchie looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 92% of households in Ritchie own their home, about 14 points above the Arkansas average of 78%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Old Union, AR R+69
- Calion, AR R+62
- Sandy Land, AR R+7
- Quinn, AR R+57
- Norphlet, AR R+64
- El Dorado, AR R+6
- Payne, AR R+42
- New London, AR R+59
- Moro Bay, AR R+59
Cities with Similar Populations
- Zetto, GA D+9
- Miner, MT Even
- Pepper, VA R+30
- Coldenham, NY R+29
- Starkenburg, MO R+63
- Yantisville, IL R+65
- Yankeetown, TN R+72
- Glencliff, GA R+76
- Arnold City, PA R+25
- Point Pleasant, TN R+70
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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.