Siler is a Republican stronghold. About 12% of voters here vote Democratic and 88% Republican.
About 61% of adults in Siler typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Siler, ~7% vote Democratic, ~54% Republican, and ~39% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Siler compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Siler leans more Republican than 59 of 94 neighbors.
Siler runs about 46 points more Republican than Kentucky as a whole.
Why Siler 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 Siler, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Siler, about 98% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 26 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 8% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 11 points below the Kentucky average of 19%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 81% of households in Siler are family households, above 91% of cities.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Siler, KY sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Siler looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Siler 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 46%, about 8 points below the Kentucky average of 54%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 30% of households in Siler rent, above 84% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 64% of adults in Siler have completed high school, in the bottom fraction of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Heidrick, KY R+66
- Woodbine, KY R+76
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- Ohiopyle, PA R+56
- McElhany, MO R+60
- Round Top, NY R+24
- Packard Heights, MA R+9
- Cottonton, AL R+35
- Picture Rocks, PA R+57
- Smithboro, IL R+51
- Camptown, VA R+9
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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.