Rushing is a Republican stronghold. About 18% of voters here vote Democratic and 82% Republican.
About 51% of adults in Rushing typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Rushing, ~9% vote Democratic, ~42% Republican, and ~49% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Rushing compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Rushing leans more Republican than 18 of 62 neighbors.
Rushing runs about 32 points more Republican than Arkansas as a whole.
Why Rushing 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 Rushing, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Rushing, about 98% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 26 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 9 points below the Arkansas average of 18%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 77% of households in Rushing are family households, above 81% of cities.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Rushing, 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 Rushing looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Rushing 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 47%, about 13 points below the U.S. average of 60%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 20% of adults in Rushing report food insecurity, above 81% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 77% of adults in Rushing have completed high school, below 95% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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Cities with Similar Populations
- Woody, CA R+52
- Mowbray, TN R+66
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- East Rodman, NY R+42
- Buena Vista, NY R+53
- Anderson, AK R+32
- Carmel, OH R+68
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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.