Mount Tabor is a Republican stronghold. About 16% of voters here vote Democratic and 84% Republican.
About 65% of adults in Mount Tabor typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Mount Tabor, ~10% vote Democratic, ~55% Republican, and ~35% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Mount Tabor compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Mount Tabor leans more Republican than 69 of 73 neighbors.
Mount Tabor runs about 38 points more Republican than Kentucky as a whole.
Why Mount Tabor 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 Mount Tabor, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Mount Tabor, about 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 26 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 6 points below the Kentucky average of 19%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Mount Tabor sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 5%, below 77% of cities). A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 75% of households in Mount Tabor are family households, above 75% of cities.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Mount Tabor, KY sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Mount Tabor looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 94% of households in Mount Tabor own their home, about 16 points above the Kentucky average of 78%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Justice, KY R+69
- Tress Shop, KY R+63
- Fairview, KY R+56
Cities with Similar Populations
- Indian Crossing, PA R+60
- Hutchinson, WV R+54
- Paradise, IL R+59
- Vermillion, KS R+63
- Trent, KY R+63
- Nelson, KY R+61
- Burchard, NE R+65
- Natrona, IL R+58
- Indian Falls, NY R+40
- Annemanie, AL R+20
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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.