Guston is a Republican stronghold. About 21% of voters here vote Democratic and 79% Republican.
About 77% of adults in Guston typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Guston, ~16% vote Democratic, ~61% Republican, and ~23% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Guston compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Guston leans more Republican than 37 of 73 neighbors.
Guston runs about 28 points more Republican than Kentucky as a whole.
Why Guston 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 Guston, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 14% of adults in Guston hold a bachelor's degree, about 5 points below the Kentucky average of 19%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 76% of households in Guston are family households, above 79% of cities.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Guston, KY sits below the national average 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 Guston looks the way it does
Turnout in Guston sits close to the national pattern. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Haysville, KY R+56
- Irvington, KY R+51
- Ekron, KY R+56
- Brandenburg, KY R+49
- Webster, KY R+60
- Big Spring, KY R+63
- Clifton Mills, KY R+58
- High Plains, KY R+65
- Lodiburg, KY R+65
- Payneville, KY R+59
Cities with Similar Populations
- Sharon, TN R+65
- North Middleboro, MA R+4
- Morton, WA R+37
- Morton, TX R+40
- Gruetli-Laager, TN R+68
- Lowell, OH R+58
- Waynesfield, OH R+68
- Wetumka, OK R+56
- Rogers, OH R+57
- Swiftwater, PA R+14
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.