Queens, KY Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Queens

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

Queens is a Republican stronghold. About 17% of voters here vote Democratic and 83% Republican.

 

About 63% of adults in Queens typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Queens, ~11% vote Democratic, ~52% Republican, and ~37% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Queens compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Queens leans more Republican than 52 of 80 neighbors.

Queens runs about 35 points more Republican than Kentucky as a whole.

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

Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Queens, about 98% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 26 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%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Queens sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 5%, below 79% of cities).

Preventive-care access and voter turnout

Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Queens, 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 Queens looks the way it does

Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Queens sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. 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.