Ivel is a Republican stronghold. About 17% of voters here vote Democratic and 83% Republican.
About 47% of adults in Ivel typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Ivel, ~8% vote Democratic, ~39% Republican, and ~53% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Ivel compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Ivel leans more Republican than 49 of 136 neighbors.
Ivel runs about 36 points more Republican than Kentucky as a whole.
Why Ivel 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 Ivel, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Ivel, about 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 27 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 10% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 9 points below the Kentucky average of 19%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 79% of households in Ivel are family households, above 86% of cities.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Ivel, KY sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.
Why turnout in Ivel looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Ivel is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 73% of adults in Ivel have completed high school, below 97% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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Cities with Similar Populations
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- Silica, MN R+27
- Morgan City, MS D+12
- Messick, IN R+58
- Cass, TX R+70
- Mount Airy, TN R+69
- Ceres, WA R+43
- Butte Valley, CA R+25
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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.