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

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

Slickford is a Republican stronghold. About 12% of voters here vote Democratic and 88% Republican.

 

About 59% of adults in Slickford typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Slickford, ~7% vote Democratic, ~52% Republican, and ~41% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Slickford compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Slickford leans more Republican than 58 of 67 neighbors.

Slickford runs about 45 points more Republican than Kentucky as a whole.

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

Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Slickford, more than 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 27 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 4% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 14 points below the Kentucky average of 19%.

Paved land cover and Republican lean

Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Slickford, KY sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.

Why turnout in Slickford looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Slickford 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 48%, about 6 points below the Kentucky average of 54%. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 66% of adults in Slickford 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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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.