Benham is a Republican stronghold. About 21% of voters here vote Democratic and 79% Republican.
About 56% of adults in Benham typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Benham, ~12% vote Democratic, ~44% Republican, and ~44% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Benham compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Benham leans more Republican than 7 of 128 neighbors.
Benham runs about 28 points more Republican than Kentucky as a whole.
Why Benham 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 Benham, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 76% of households in Benham are family households, about 9 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Developed land, local retail density, and voter turnout
Places that combine a heavily developed built environment and sparse local retail within a mile tend to turn out at a lower rate, as Benham, KY does.
Why turnout in Benham looks the way it does
High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, mostly because the housing stress common in those areas makes voting harder. Benham sits in the top 15% nationally on a violent-crime measure. See CrimeGrade for more details. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 79% of adults in Benham have completed high school, below 92% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Cumberland, KY R+68
- Blair, KY R+73
- Lynch, KY R+56
- Hiram, KY R+78
- Linefork, KY R+70
- Rutherford, KY R+77
- Partridge, KY R+73
- Gordon, KY R+70
- Holmes Mill, KY R+79
- Dione, KY R+72
Cities with Similar Populations
- Heath, MT R+61
- Sugar Loaf, ID R+66
- Daybrook, WV R+60
- McDonald, NC R+32
- Lotus, CA R+20
- Dungannon, VA R+68
- Lyons Point, LA R+83
- Maine, NY R+29
- White Earth, MN Even
- Clarks Mills, PA R+59
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Kentucky State Board of 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.