Long View leans heavily Republican by roughly 46 points: about 27% of voters vote Democratic and 73% Republican.
About 65% of adults in Long View typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Long View, ~18% vote Democratic, ~47% Republican, and ~35% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Long View compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Long View leans more Republican than 12 of 73 neighbors.
Long View runs about 16 points more Republican than Kentucky as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Long View. The southeast side is the most Republican-leaning (R+47) and the west side is the least Republican-leaning (R+12), a spread of about 35 points.
Why Long View 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 Long View, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 87% of households in Long View are family households, about 20 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Long View, KY sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Long View looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Long View 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 66%, about 6 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 90% of households in Long View own their home, compared to around 70% in nearby cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Rogersville, KY R+50
- Elizabethtown, KY R+25
- Radcliff, KY R+10
- Younger Creek, KY R+43
- Rineyville, KY R+47
- Vine Grove Junction, KY R+10
- St. John, KY R+50
- Lebanon Junction, KY R+58
- Vine Grove, KY R+34
- Rose Terrace, KY R+31
Cities with Similar Populations
- South Milford, IN R+55
- Trenary, MI R+27
- Rosindale, NC Even
- East Baldwin, ME R+24
- Hartford City, WV R+62
- Prater, VA R+68
- Steubenville, IN R+55
- Childress, VA R+55
- Wise Forks, NC R+40
- Barclay, MD R+52
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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.