Cardinal Hill-Pine Meadow, Lexington, KY Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Cardinal Hill-Pine Meadow

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

Cardinal Hill-Pine Meadow leans heavily Democratic by roughly 40 points: about 70% of voters vote Democratic and 30% Republican.

 

About 35% of adults in Cardinal Hill-Pine Meadow typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Cardinal Hill-Pine Meadow, ~25% vote Democratic, ~10% Republican, and ~65% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Cardinal Hill-Pine Meadow compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Cardinal Hill-Pine Meadow leans more Democratic than 12 of 20 neighbors.

Cardinal Hill-Pine Meadow runs about 71 points more Democratic than Kentucky as a whole. Kentucky leans Republican overall, while Cardinal Hill-Pine Meadow is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by block within Cardinal Hill-Pine Meadow. The east side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+45) and the west side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+29), a spread of about 16 points.

Why Cardinal Hill-Pine Meadow leans the way it does

This analysis examined 14,881 data points per neighborhood to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Cardinal Hill-Pine Meadow, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in Cardinal Hill-Pine Meadow live in densely developed areas, about 64 points above the U.S. average of 36%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 62% of adults in Cardinal Hill-Pine Meadow have never been married, above 94% of neighborhoods. Cardinal Hill-Pine Meadow runs against the grain of Kentucky, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.

Preventive-care access and voter turnout

Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Cardinal Hill-Pine Meadow, Lexington, KY 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 Cardinal Hill-Pine Meadow looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Cardinal Hill-Pine Meadow 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 41%, about 14 points below the Kentucky average of 54%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 88% of households in Cardinal Hill-Pine Meadow rent, compared to around 63% in nearby neighborhoods. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Cardinal Hill-Pine Meadow sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. 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.