Quality is a Republican stronghold. About 17% of voters here vote Democratic and 83% Republican.
About 63% of adults in Quality typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Quality, ~11% vote Democratic, ~52% Republican, and ~37% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Quality compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Quality leans more Republican than 71 of 95 neighbors.
Quality runs about 36 points more Republican than Kentucky as a whole.
Why Quality 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 Quality, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Quality, about 98% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 25 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 5 points below the Kentucky average of 19%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Quality sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 5%, below 76% of cities). A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 76% of households in Quality are family households, above 79% of cities.
Walkability and Republican lean
Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Quality, KY sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Quality looks the way it does
Turnout in Quality 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
- Harreldsville, KY R+65
- Anderson, KY R+65
- Silver City, KY R+64
- Homer, KY R+66
- Wolf Lick, KY R+65
- Edwards, KY R+65
- Lewisburg, KY R+65
- Leetown, KY R+71
- Dunmor, KY R+65
Cities with Similar Populations
- Deer Creek, WV R+58
- Deck, NY R+47
- Longfellow, PA R+72
- Raymar, IA R+29
- Flippin, KY R+77
- Ulm, WY 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.