Eighty Eight, KY Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Eighty Eight

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

Eighty Eight is a Republican stronghold. About 17% of voters here vote Democratic and 83% Republican.

 

About 63% of adults in Eighty Eight typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Eighty Eight, ~11% vote Democratic, ~52% Republican, and ~37% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Eighty Eight compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Eighty Eight leans more Republican than 27 of 86 neighbors.

Eighty Eight runs about 35 points more Republican than Kentucky as a whole.

Why Eighty Eight 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 Eighty Eight, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 89% of households in Eighty Eight are family households, about 22 points above the U.S. average of 67%.

Walkability and Republican lean

Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Eighty Eight, 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 Eighty Eight looks the way it does

Turnout in Eighty Eight sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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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.