Sugar Grove is a Republican stronghold. About 14% of voters here vote Democratic and 86% Republican.
About 60% of adults in Sugar Grove typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Sugar Grove, ~8% vote Democratic, ~52% Republican, and ~40% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Sugar Grove compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Sugar Grove leans more Republican than 34 of 49 neighbors.
Sugar Grove runs about 41 points more Republican than Arkansas as a whole.
Why Sugar Grove 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 Sugar Grove, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 4% of residents in Sugar Grove live in densely developed areas, about 9 points below the Arkansas average of 13%.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Sugar Grove, AR sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Sugar Grove looks the way it does
Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout. About 4% of homes in Sugar Grove have more than one occupant per room, above 83% of cities. Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Sugar Grove sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Mixon, AR R+69
- Blue Mountain, AR R+72
- Magazine, AR R+72
- Golden City, AR R+73
- Blue Ball, AR R+71
- Waveland, AR R+70
- Booneville, AR R+65
- Carolan, AR R+73
- Union Hill, AR R+72
- Driggs, AR R+69
Cities with Similar Populations
- Rulo, NE R+62
- Riverside, WY R+48
- Lisbon, TN R+78
- Quinby, VA R+22
- Kalvesta, KS R+79
- Florence, NY R+52
- Litchville, ND R+55
- Grovania, GA R+54
- Medicine Lake, MT R+59
- Pont, PA R+50
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.