Texarkana, AR Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Texarkana

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Texarkana leans slightly Republican by roughly 14 points: about 43% of voters vote Democratic and 57% Republican.

 

About 55% of adults in Texarkana typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Texarkana, ~24% vote Democratic, ~31% Republican, and ~45% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Texarkana compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Texarkana leans more Republican than 2 of 48 neighbors.

Texarkana runs about 17 points more Democratic than Arkansas as a whole.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Texarkana. The west side runs the most Democratic (D+4) and the southeast side runs the most Republican (R+65), a spread of about 69 points.

Why Texarkana 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 Texarkana, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Texarkana votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 70%, far above the Arkansas average of 13%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here.

Preventive-care access and voter turnout

Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Texarkana, 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 Texarkana looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Texarkana 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%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 42% of households in Texarkana rent, compared to around 23% in nearby cities. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 27% of adults in Texarkana report food insecurity, above 93% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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.