Mount Washington, KY Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Mount Washington

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Mount Washington leans heavily Republican by roughly 48 points: about 26% of voters vote Democratic and 74% Republican.

 

About 84% of adults in Mount Washington typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Mount Washington, ~22% vote Democratic, ~62% Republican, and ~16% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Mount Washington compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Mount Washington leans more Republican than 78 of 112 neighbors.

Mount Washington runs about 18 points more Republican than Kentucky as a whole.

Why Mount Washington 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 Washington, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Mount Washington votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 49%, far above the Kentucky average of 18%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 78% of households in Mount Washington are family households, above 84% of cities.

Cancer-screening access and voter turnout

Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Mount Washington, KY sits above the national average on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.

Why turnout in Mount Washington looks the way it does

Turnout in Mount Washington sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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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.