Rose City is a Democratic stronghold. About 77% of voters here vote Democratic and 23% Republican.
About 57% of adults in Rose City typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Rose City, ~44% vote Democratic, ~13% Republican, and ~43% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Rose City compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Rose City leans more Democratic than 49 of 51 neighbors.
Rose City runs about 85 points more Democratic than Arkansas as a whole. Arkansas leans Republican overall, while Rose City is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.
Why Rose City 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 Rose City, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Dense areas vote Democratic. About 29% of residents in Rose City live in densely developed areas, about 7 points below the U.S. average of 36%. Rose City runs against the grain of Arkansas, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Rose City, AR sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.
Why turnout in Rose City looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Rose City 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 36%, about 15 points below the Arkansas average of 51%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 49% of households in Rose City rent, about 24 points above the U.S. average of 25%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 45% of adults in Rose City report food insecurity, in the top fraction of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- College Station, AR D+84
- North Little Rock, AR D+31
- Sweet Home, AR D+60
- Sherwood, AR Even
- Scott, AR R+12
- Cammack Village, AR D+19
- Kerr, AR R+17
- Jacksonville, AR D+14
- Little Rock Air Force Base, AR R+4
- Little Rock, AR R+4
Cities with Similar Populations
- Corinth, NC R+38
- Fernan Lake Village, ID R+28
- Wheatley, KY R+64
- Traver, CA R+43
- Riversburg, TN R+60
- Hardwick Center, VT R+16
- Bluehole, KY R+80
- Blakely, AR R+52
- Trinity, MS D+45
- Vredenburgh, AL D+4
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.