Guy is a Republican stronghold. About 19% of voters here vote Democratic and 81% Republican.
About 76% of adults in Guy typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Guy, ~14% vote Democratic, ~62% Republican, and ~24% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Guy compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Guy leans more Republican than 26 of 89 neighbors.
Guy runs about 31 points more Republican than Kentucky as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Guy. The northwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+72) and the east side is the least Republican-leaning (R+60), a spread of about 12 points.
Why Guy 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 Guy, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 88% of residents in Guy drive to work alone, about 14 points above the U.S. average of 74%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 79% of households in Guy are family households, above 87% of cities.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Guy, 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 Guy looks the way it does
Turnout in Guy 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.
Nearby Cities
- Rockland, KY R+60
- Sugar Grove, KY R+68
- Riverside, KY R+60
- Woodbury, KY R+63
- Brooklyn, KY R+62
- Sharer, KY R+69
- Mining City, KY R+66
- Morgantown, KY R+64
- Leetown, KY R+71
- Jetson, KY R+74
Cities with Similar Populations
- Shawnee, GA R+62
- Nat, TX R+72
- Slaughter Beach, DE R+17
- Cowan, KY R+66
- Kearsarge, PA Even
- Milledgeville, PA R+60
- Old Shongaloo, LA R+85
- Gaines, MO R+66
- Elton, WI R+46
- Nestlow, WV R+64
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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.