Union Hill is a Republican stronghold. About 14% of voters here vote Democratic and 86% Republican.
About 44% of adults in Union Hill typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Union Hill, ~6% vote Democratic, ~38% Republican, and ~56% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Union Hill compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Union Hill leans more Republican than 25 of 41 neighbors.
Union Hill runs about 42 points more Republican than Arkansas as a whole.
Why Union Hill 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 Union Hill, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 3% of residents in Union Hill live in densely developed areas, about 10 points below the Arkansas average of 13%.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Union Hill, AR sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Union Hill looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Union Hill is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Gravelly, AR R+71
- Sugar Grove, AR R+72
- Parks, AR R+74
- Golden City, AR R+73
- Bates, AR R+73
- Mixon, AR R+69
- Bluffton, AR R+71
Cities with Similar Populations
- Youngers Store, VA R+36
- Lincoln, NJ R+26
- Sharon, ND R+39
- Hughes, OK R+71
- Waverly, LA R+61
- Merced Falls, CA R+41
- Mount Morris, WI R+30
- Muncie Hollow, OH R+46
- Nebo, MO R+72
- New Salem, IL R+62
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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.