Walnut Springs is a Republican stronghold. About 13% of voters here vote Democratic and 87% Republican.
About 57% of adults in Walnut Springs typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Walnut Springs, ~7% vote Democratic, ~49% Republican, and ~44% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Walnut Springs compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Walnut Springs leans more Republican than 39 of 46 neighbors.
Walnut Springs runs about 43 points more Republican than Arkansas as a whole.
Why Walnut Springs 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 Walnut Springs, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 4% of adults in Walnut Springs hold a bachelor's degree, about 14 points below the Arkansas average of 18%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 77% of households in Walnut Springs are family households, above 81% of cities.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Walnut Springs, 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 Walnut Springs looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Walnut Springs 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 Walnut Springs report food insecurity, above 89% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 74% of adults in Walnut Springs have completed high school, below 96% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Horatio, AR R+66
- Stringtown, AR R+72
- Geneva, AR R+72
- Williamson, AR R+74
- Process City, AR R+64
- Neal Springs, AR R+64
- DeQueen, AR R+36
- Red Wing, AR R+72
- Chapel Hill, AR R+68
- Lockesburg, AR R+70
Cities with Similar Populations
- Lily Island, TX R+21
- Hoxie, TX R+59
- Grandin, FL R+53
- Ecleto, TX R+46
- Pondsville, MD R+40
- Kackley, KS R+68
- Surprise, NE R+66
- Mesa, CA R+6
- Lemhi, ID R+74
- Wolford, ND R+61
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.