Glenview leans slightly Republican by roughly 6 points: about 47% of voters vote Democratic and 53% Republican.
About 77% of adults in Glenview typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Glenview, ~36% vote Democratic, ~41% Republican, and ~23% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Glenview compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Glenview leans more Republican than 46 of 115 neighbors.
Glenview runs about 25 points more Democratic than Kentucky as a whole.
Why Glenview 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 Glenview, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Glenview votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 49%, far above the Kentucky average of 18%). Here an older population outweighs the Democratic lean that density usually predicts. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 75% of households in Glenview are family households, above 75% of cities.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Glenview, KY sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Glenview looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Glenview 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 74%, about 14 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 95% of households in Glenview own their home, about 20 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and more than 99% of adults in Glenview have completed high school, above 98% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Northfield, KY Even
- Riverwood, KY Even
- Indian Hills, KY D+3
- Spring Valley, KY D+19
- Green Spring, KY D+4
- Windy Hills, KY D+21
- Utica, IN R+29
- Rolling Fields, KY D+4
- Barbourmeade, KY D+15
- Graymoor-Devondale, KY D+22
Cities with Similar Populations
- Wa-Ni Village, TN R+66
- New Hope, GA R+46
- Ransom, IL R+42
- Frederika, IA R+45
- King Ferry, NY R+20
- Vidette, GA Even
- North Pole, NY D+12
- La Fayette, IL R+43
- Cameron, NY R+62
- Raysal, WV R+75
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.