Salado is a Republican stronghold. About 14% of voters here vote Democratic and 86% Republican.
About 45% of adults in Salado typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Salado, ~6% vote Democratic, ~39% Republican, and ~55% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Salado compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Salado leans more Republican than 51 of 64 neighbors.
Salado runs about 42 points more Republican than Arkansas as a whole.
Why Salado 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 Salado, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Salado, more than 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 27 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 11 points below the U.S. average of 28%. Car-dependent areas vote Republican, and about 90% of residents in Salado drive to work alone, above 93% of cities.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Salado, AR sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Salado looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Salado 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 48%, about 12 points below the U.S. average of 60%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 24% of adults in Salado report food insecurity, above 89% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- McHue, AR R+67
- Moorefield, AR R+42
- Batesville, AR R+49
- Desha, AR R+62
- Huff, AR R+73
- Rosie, AR R+73
- Magness, AR R+69
- Sulphur Rock, AR R+68
- Gainsboro, AR R+65
- Newark, AR R+70
Cities with Similar Populations
- Adamsville, PA R+57
- Killmaster, MI R+48
- Johnstonville, GA R+25
- Stephens, VA R+69
- La Grange, TN R+2
- Stephenson, WV R+71
- Kaupo, HI D+36
- Conconully, WA R+46
- Copperton, UT R+33
- Chita, TX R+69
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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.