Davisville is a Republican stronghold. About 12% of voters here vote Democratic and 88% Republican.
About 58% of adults in Davisville typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Davisville, ~7% vote Democratic, ~51% Republican, and ~42% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Davisville compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Davisville leans more Republican than 113 of 122 neighbors.
Davisville runs about 45 points more Republican than Kentucky as a whole.
Why Davisville 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 Davisville, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Davisville, more than 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 27 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 7% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 11 points below the Kentucky average of 19%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 82% of households in Davisville are family households, above 93% of cities.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Davisville, 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 Davisville looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Davisville 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 43%, about 11 points below the Kentucky average of 54%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 37% of households in Davisville rent, above 92% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 75% of adults in Davisville have completed high school, below 96% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Mazie, KY R+70
- Fuget, KY R+73
Cities with Similar Populations
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- Kent Narrows, MD R+19
- Payne, AR R+42
- Swords, LA R+18
- Passaconaway, NH D+18
- Cravat, IL R+64
- Pedlar Mills, VA R+48
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- Viewmonte, NY D+14
- Whiteville, LA R+60
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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.