Kings Mountain is a Republican stronghold. About 13% of voters here vote Democratic and 87% Republican.
About 66% of adults in Kings Mountain typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Kings Mountain, ~9% vote Democratic, ~57% Republican, and ~34% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Kings Mountain compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Kings Mountain leans more Republican than 66 of 79 neighbors.
Kings Mountain runs about 43 points more Republican than Kentucky as a whole.
Why Kings Mountain 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 Mountain, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Kings Mountain, about 94% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 21 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 14 points below the U.S. average of 28%.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Kings Mountain, KY sits below the national average 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 Kings Mountain looks the way it does
Turnout in Kings Mountain sits close to the national pattern. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Waynesburg, KY R+72
- Middleburg, KY R+77
- Yosemite, KY R+76
- McKinney, KY R+67
- Jumbo, KY R+68
- Mount Salem, KY R+69
- Eubank, KY R+71
- Goochtown, KY R+75
- Hustonville, KY R+66
Cities with Similar Populations
- Greenview, TX R+74
- Welcome, MD R+33
- Turin, GA R+46
- Sulphur Springs, AR R+62
- Colfax, IL R+36
- Palisades, NY D+7
- Odell, IL R+38
- Goldvein, VA R+39
- Jerusalem, GA R+69
- Olene, OR R+49
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.