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

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

Smith is a Republican stronghold. About 10% of voters here vote Democratic and 90% Republican.

 

About 48% of adults in Smith typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Smith, ~5% vote Democratic, ~43% Republican, and ~52% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Smith compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Smith leans more Republican than 103 of 109 neighbors.

Smith runs about 50 points more Republican than Kentucky as a whole.

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

Rural areas with a high white share vote Republican. Smith sits in the bottom quarter on density and about 97% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 6 points above the Kentucky average of 91%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 85% of households in Smith are family households, above 97% of cities.

Preventive-care access and voter turnout

Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Smith, KY sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.

Why turnout in Smith looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Smith 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 40%, about 14 points below the Kentucky average of 54%. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 80% of adults in Smith have completed high school, below 90% 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.