Delta is a Republican stronghold. About 14% of voters here vote Democratic and 86% Republican.
About 59% of adults in Delta typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Delta, ~8% vote Democratic, ~51% Republican, and ~41% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Delta compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Delta leans more Republican than 26 of 65 neighbors.
Delta runs about 41 points more Republican than Kentucky as a whole.
Why Delta 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 Delta, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Delta, more than 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 27 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 14 points below the U.S. average of 28%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Delta sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 5%, below 81% of cities). A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 77% of households in Delta are family households, above 81% of cities.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Delta, KY sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.
Why turnout in Delta looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Delta 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 48%, about 7 points below the Kentucky average of 54%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 28% of households in Delta rent, above 81% of cities. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Delta sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Bronston, KY R+65
- Greenwood, KY R+76
- Burnside, KY R+69
- Wiborg, KY R+76
- Pueblo, KY R+75
- Frazer, KY R+52
Cities with Similar Populations
- Garards Fort, PA R+52
- Galt, IA R+51
- Shiloh, TN R+78
- Pungoteague, VA R+17
- Gibson, IA R+53
- Gidsville, VA R+51
- Drewsey, OR R+61
- Oden, MI R+27
- Lime Creek, MN R+55
- Webber, KS R+75
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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.