Blairs Mill, KY Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Blairs Mill

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

Blairs Mill is a Republican stronghold. About 21% of voters here vote Democratic and 79% Republican.

 

About 48% of adults in Blairs Mill typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Blairs Mill, ~10% vote Democratic, ~38% Republican, and ~52% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Blairs Mill compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Blairs Mill leans more Republican than 10 of 104 neighbors.

Blairs Mill runs about 28 points more Republican than Kentucky as a whole.

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

Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 85% of residents in Blairs Mill drive to work alone, about 12 points above the U.S. average of 74%.

Cancer-screening access and voter turnout

Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Blairs Mill, KY sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.

Why turnout in Blairs Mill looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Blairs Mill 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 47%, about 7 points below the Kentucky average of 54%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 41% of households in Blairs Mill rent, compared to around 18% in nearby cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 83% of adults in Blairs Mill have completed high school, below 86% 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 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.