Parksville is a Republican stronghold. About 17% of voters here vote Democratic and 83% Republican.
About 73% of adults in Parksville typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Parksville, ~12% vote Democratic, ~61% Republican, and ~27% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Parksville compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Parksville leans more Republican than 47 of 83 neighbors.
Parksville runs about 35 points more Republican than Kentucky as a whole.
Why Parksville 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 Parksville, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 78% of households in Parksville are family households, about 11 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Never-married share and voter turnout
Places with a low never-married share tend to turn out at a higher rate; Parksville, KY sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Parksville looks the way it does
Turnout in Parksville 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.
Nearby Cities
- Mitchellsburg, KY R+64
- Milledgeville, KY R+66
- Gravel Switch, KY R+64
- Perryville, KY R+60
- Junction City, KY R+52
- Nevada, KY R+60
- Chicken Bristle, KY R+62
- Peytons Store, KY R+69
- Stewart, KY R+60
- Riley, KY R+64
Cities with Similar Populations
- Ventura, IA R+32
- Grayland, WA R+21
- Lynnville, IN R+51
- Conover, WI R+29
- Scott, IN R+63
- Glenfield, NY R+50
- Kelso, TN R+76
- Bernhards Bay, NY R+43
- Eldon, IA R+43
- Louin, MS R+5
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.