Sandy Land leans slightly Republican by roughly 6 points: about 47% of voters vote Democratic and 53% Republican.
About 56% of adults in Sandy Land typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Sandy Land, ~26% vote Democratic, ~30% Republican, and ~44% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Sandy Land compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Sandy Land leans more Republican than 3 of 45 neighbors.
Sandy Land runs about 24 points more Democratic than Arkansas as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Sandy Land. The south side runs the most Democratic (D+36) and the northeast side runs the most Republican (R+37), a spread of about 73 points.
Why Sandy Land 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 Sandy Land, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Sandy Land votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 40%, well above the Arkansas average of 13%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here.
Never-married share, developed land, and voter turnout
Places that combine a never-married-heavy adult population and a heavily developed built environment tend to turn out at a lower rate, as Sandy Land, AR does.
Why turnout in Sandy Land looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Sandy Land 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 50%, about 10 points below the U.S. average of 60%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 28% of households in Sandy Land rent, above 81% of cities. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 28% of adults in Sandy Land report food insecurity, above 94% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- El Dorado, AR R+6
- Quinn, AR R+57
- Old Union, AR R+69
- Parkers Chapel, AR R+64
- Norphlet, AR R+64
- Ritchie, AR R+69
- Newell, AR R+65
- Calion, AR R+62
- Wesson, AR R+73
- Lisbon, AR R+59
Cities with Similar Populations
- Woodside, MT R+54
- Taber, ID R+75
- Tamaha, OK R+74
- Leonardsville, NY R+42
- Foxholm, ND R+64
- Stoneville, MS R+30
- Lewisville, PA R+55
- Jewell, IA R+44
- Buffalo City, AR R+63
- Blackford, KY 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.