Cherokee Triangle, Louisville, KY Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Cherokee Triangle

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

Cherokee Triangle is a Democratic stronghold. About 80% of voters here vote Democratic and 20% Republican.

 

About 76% of adults in Cherokee Triangle typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Cherokee Triangle, ~61% vote Democratic, ~15% Republican, and ~24% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Cherokee Triangle compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Cherokee Triangle leans more Democratic than 20 of 27 neighbors.

Cherokee Triangle runs about 91 points more Democratic than Kentucky as a whole. Kentucky leans Republican overall, while Cherokee Triangle is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Why Cherokee Triangle 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 Cherokee Triangle, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 66% of adults in Cherokee Triangle hold a bachelor's degree, about 37 points above the U.S. average of 28%. Cherokee Triangle runs against the grain of Kentucky, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.

Walkability and Democratic lean

Places with a highly walkable street grid tend to lean Democratic; Cherokee Triangle, Louisville, KY sits in the top quarter 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 Cherokee Triangle looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Cherokee Triangle is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 71%, about 11 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and more than 99% of adults in Cherokee Triangle have completed high school, above 95% of neighborhoods. 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.