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

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

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

 

About 68% of adults in Salyersville typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Salyersville, ~11% vote Democratic, ~57% Republican, and ~32% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Salyersville compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Salyersville leans more Republican than 51 of 120 neighbors.

Salyersville runs about 36 points more Republican than Kentucky as a whole.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Salyersville. The southeast side is the most Republican-leaning (R+70) and the west side is the least Republican-leaning (R+55), a spread of about 15 points.

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

Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Salyersville, about 97% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 25 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 6 points below the Kentucky average of 19%.

Walkability and Republican lean

Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Salyersville, KY sits in the bottom quarter 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 Salyersville looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Salyersville is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 45%, about 9 points below the Kentucky average of 54%. 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.