Pine Knob is a Republican stronghold. About 19% of voters here vote Democratic and 81% Republican.
About 72% of adults in Pine Knob typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Pine Knob, ~14% vote Democratic, ~58% Republican, and ~28% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Pine Knob compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Pine Knob leans more Republican than 20 of 93 neighbors.
Pine Knob runs about 32 points more Republican than Kentucky as a whole.
Why Pine Knob 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 Pine Knob, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Pine Knob, about 95% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 23 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 11 points below the U.S. average of 28%.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Pine Knob, KY sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.
Why turnout in Pine Knob looks the way it does
Turnout in Pine Knob 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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- White Run, KY R+67
- Falls Of Rough, KY R+62
- Glen Dean, KY R+64
- Millwood, KY R+67
- Neafus, KY R+69
Cities with Similar Populations
- Youngers Store, VA R+36
- Mount Morris, WI R+30
- Sumpter, AR R+60
- Sumterville, AL D+44
- Union Hill, AR R+72
- Salmon Prairie, MT R+36
- Sailor Springs, IL R+71
- Glendale Colony, SD R+54
- Lincoln, NJ R+26
- Hughes, OK R+71
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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.