Panco is a Republican stronghold. About 10% of voters here vote Democratic and 90% Republican.
About 49% of adults in Panco typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Panco, ~5% vote Democratic, ~44% Republican, and ~51% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Panco compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Panco leans more Republican than 104 of 107 neighbors.
Panco runs about 50 points more Republican than Kentucky as a whole.
Why Panco 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 Panco, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Panco, about 98% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 26 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 5% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 14 points below the Kentucky average of 19%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Panco sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 4%, below 85% of cities). A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 79% of households in Panco are family households, above 86% of cities.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Panco, KY sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.
Why turnout in Panco looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Panco is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 45%, about 9 points below the Kentucky average of 54%. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 79% of adults in Panco have completed high school, below 92% of cities. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Panco sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Buckhorn, KY R+70
- Hector, KY R+78
- Felty, KY R+76
- Spurlock, KY R+75
- Jason, KY R+79
- Taft, KY R+77
Cities with Similar Populations
- Naturl Br Sta, VA R+61
- Palisades, WA R+53
- Paden, MS R+81
- Coates, MN R+32
- Rodney, PA R+51
- Odell, IN R+49
- Garwood, MO R+65
- Mayday, GA R+66
- Junction City, SD R+52
- Texas, KY R+64
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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.