Rowdy is a Republican stronghold. About 19% of voters here vote Democratic and 81% Republican.
About 58% of adults in Rowdy typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Rowdy, ~11% vote Democratic, ~47% Republican, and ~42% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Rowdy compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Rowdy leans more Republican than 10 of 109 neighbors.
Rowdy runs about 32 points more Republican than Kentucky as a whole.
Why Rowdy 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 Rowdy, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Rowdy, more than 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 27 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 13 points below the U.S. average of 28%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 78% of households in Rowdy are family households, above 84% of cities.
Park access and Republican lean
Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Rowdy, KY sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.
Why turnout in Rowdy looks the way it does
High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, mostly because the housing stress common in those areas makes voting harder. Rowdy sits in the top 15% nationally on a violent-crime measure. See CrimeGrade for more details. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 80% of adults in Rowdy have completed high school, below 90% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Ary, KY R+59
- Lost Creek, KY R+63
- Clayhole, KY R+64
- Whick, KY R+62
- Bulan, KY R+63
- Bonnyman, KY R+62
- Dwarf, KY R+63
Cities with Similar Populations
- Llewellyn, PA R+40
- Gravel Hill, AL R+37
- Collegeport, TX R+60
- New Corydon, IN R+74
- North Newport, NH R+27
- Ruby, MI R+47
- Gasconade, MO R+60
- Partridge, KY R+73
- Factoryville, NY R+35
- McClave, CO R+59
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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.