Kings Mills leans Republican by roughly 24 points: about 38% of voters vote Democratic and 62% Republican.
About 85% of adults in Kings Mills typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Kings Mills, ~32% vote Democratic, ~53% Republican, and ~15% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Kings Mills compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Kings Mills leans more Republican than 59 of 138 neighbors.
Kings Mills runs about 13 points more Republican than Ohio as a whole.
Why Kings Mills 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 Kings Mills, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Kings Mills votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 55%, well above the Ohio average of 34%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 75% of households in Kings Mills are family households, above 75% of cities.
Food insecurity and voter turnout
Places with low food insecurity tend to turn out at a higher rate; Kings Mills, OH sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Food insecurity does not directly drive turnout; it reflects economic hardship, which lines up with lower voting.
Why turnout in Kings Mills looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Kings Mills is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 73%, about 13 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 90% of households in Kings Mills own their home, above 80% of cities. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 97% of adults in Kings Mills have completed high school, above 92% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- South Lebanon, OH R+33
- Maineville, OH R+25
- Hageman, OH R+28
- Landen, OH R+8
- Mason, OH R+9
- Murdock, OH R+42
- Morrow, OH R+46
- Otterbein, OH R+4
- Lebanon, OH R+38
- Loveland, OH R+18
Cities with Similar Populations
- Ceredo, WV R+40
- Corapeake, NC R+41
- Harpersville, AL R+61
- New Church, VA Even
- Lacona, NY R+36
- Lake Como, NJ D+11
- New Harmony, IN R+43
- Elkhorn, CA Even
- Springridge, LA R+62
- Wagon Wheel, AZ R+32
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Ohio Secretary of State, 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.