Rock Creek Lexington Road, Louisville, KY Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Rock Creek Lexington Road

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

Rock Creek Lexington Road leans heavily Democratic by roughly 34 points: about 67% of voters vote Democratic and 33% Republican.

 

About 91% of adults in Rock Creek Lexington Road typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Rock Creek Lexington Road, ~61% vote Democratic, ~30% Republican, and ~9% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Rock Creek Lexington Road compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Rock Creek Lexington Road leans more Democratic than 7 of 18 neighbors.

Rock Creek Lexington Road runs about 65 points more Democratic than Kentucky as a whole. Kentucky leans Republican overall, while Rock Creek Lexington Road is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by block within Rock Creek Lexington Road. The northwest side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+47) and the southwest side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+23), a spread of about 24 points.

Why Rock Creek Lexington Road leans the way it does

This analysis examined 14,881 data points per neighborhood to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Rock Creek Lexington Road, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in Rock Creek Lexington Road live in densely developed areas, about 64 points above the U.S. average of 36%. High college attainment predicts Democratic voting, and Rock Creek Lexington Road sits in the top quarter (about 71%, above 91% of neighborhoods). Rock Creek Lexington Road runs against the grain of Kentucky, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.

Cancer-screening access and voter turnout

Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Rock Creek Lexington Road, Louisville, KY sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.

Why turnout in Rock Creek Lexington Road looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Rock Creek Lexington Road is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 73%, about 13 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and more than 99% of adults in Rock Creek Lexington Road have completed high school, above 92% of neighborhoods. 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.