Sharpe is a Republican stronghold. About 20% of voters here vote Democratic and 80% Republican.
About 73% of adults in Sharpe typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Sharpe, ~15% vote Democratic, ~59% Republican, and ~26% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Sharpe compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Sharpe leans more Republican than 30 of 68 neighbors.
Sharpe runs about 29 points more Republican than Kentucky as a whole.
Why Sharpe 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 Sharpe, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 94% of residents in Sharpe drive to work alone, about 20 points above the U.S. average of 74%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 85% of households in Sharpe are family households, above 97% of cities.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Sharpe, 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 Sharpe looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Sharpe 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 64%, above 65% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Possum Trot, KY R+54
- Reidland, KY R+45
- Riverview, KY R+55
- Symsonia, KY R+69
- Calvert City, KY R+54
- Ledbetter, KY R+61
- Scale, KY R+52
- Oak Level, KY R+67
- Farley, KY R+41
- Benton, KY R+56
Cities with Similar Populations
- Litchfield Corners, ME R+25
- Elmo, UT R+72
- Brandon, IA R+41
- Curtis, MI R+40
- Utica, IN R+29
- Vandalia, IN R+58
- Peoa, UT R+41
- Snows Hill, TN R+65
- Carpendale, WV R+54
- Nuremberg, PA R+44
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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.