Holiday Hills, Lexington, KY Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Holiday Hills

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

Holiday Hills leans Democratic by roughly 26 points: about 63% of voters vote Democratic and 37% Republican.

 

About 43% of adults in Holiday Hills typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Holiday Hills, ~27% vote Democratic, ~16% Republican, and ~57% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Holiday Hills compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Holiday Hills leans more Democratic than 5 of 15 neighbors.

Holiday Hills runs about 56 points more Democratic than Kentucky as a whole. Kentucky leans Republican overall, while Holiday Hills is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by block within Holiday Hills. The east side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+37) and the west side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+10), a spread of about 28 points.

Why Holiday Hills leans the way it does

This analysis examined 14,881 data points per neighborhood to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Holiday Hills, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Holiday Hills votes against the grain of Kentucky. Kentucky leans Republican overall, while Holiday Hills runs about 56 points more Democratic. Density combined with diversity predicts Democratic voting, and non-Hispanic white share in Holiday Hills is about 39%, compared to around 72% in nearby neighborhoods.

Population density and Democratic lean

Places with high population density tend to lean Democratic; Holiday Hills, Lexington, KY sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in Holiday Hills looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Holiday Hills 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 45%, about 9 points below the Kentucky average of 54%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 68% of households in Holiday Hills rent, about 43 points above the U.S. average of 25%. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 67% of adults in Holiday Hills have completed high school, below 96% of neighborhoods. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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.