Kimper is a Republican stronghold. About 12% of voters here vote Democratic and 88% Republican.
About 63% of adults in Kimper typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Kimper, ~8% vote Democratic, ~55% Republican, and ~37% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Kimper compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Kimper leans more Republican than 116 of 139 neighbors.
Kimper runs about 45 points more Republican than Kentucky as a whole.
Why Kimper 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 Kimper, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 11% of adults in Kimper hold a bachelor's degree, about 8 points below the Kentucky average of 19%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 77% of households in Kimper are family households, above 83% of cities.
Walkability and Republican lean
Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Kimper, KY sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Kimper looks the way it does
Turnout in Kimper sits close to the national pattern. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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Cities with Similar Populations
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- Greenfield, NH R+20
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- Chatsworth, IL R+58
- Hague, VA D+8
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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.