Cawood is a Republican stronghold. About 12% of voters here vote Democratic and 88% Republican.
About 62% of adults in Cawood typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Cawood, ~8% vote Democratic, ~54% Republican, and ~38% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Cawood compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Cawood leans more Republican than 72 of 121 neighbors.
Cawood runs about 46 points more Republican than Kentucky as a whole.
Why Cawood 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 Cawood, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 76% of households in Cawood are family households, about 9 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Walkability and Republican lean
Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Cawood, KY sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Cawood looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Cawood 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 13 points below the Kentucky average of 54%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Crummies, KY R+77
- Coalgood, KY R+75
- Cranks, KY R+78
- Grays Knob, KY R+76
- Gulston, KY R+76
- Ages-Brookside, KY R+80
- Mary Alice, KY R+76
- Harlan, KY R+61
Cities with Similar Populations
- East Eddington, ME R+15
- Puposky, MN R+20
- Friesland, WI R+43
- Lafayette Springs, MS R+46
- Kerby, OR R+29
- Garfield, KY R+64
- Gilson, IL R+41
- Levan, UT R+82
- Mildred, TX R+68
- Shady Grove, PA R+61
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.