Spring Valley, KY Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Spring Valley

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

Spring Valley leans Democratic by roughly 18 points: about 59% of voters vote Democratic and 41% Republican.

 

About 95% of adults in Spring Valley typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Spring Valley, ~56% vote Democratic, ~39% Republican, and ~5% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Spring Valley compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Spring Valley leans more Democratic than 98 of 113 neighbors.

Spring Valley runs about 50 points more Democratic than Kentucky as a whole. Kentucky leans Republican overall, while Spring Valley is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

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

Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 72% of adults in Spring Valley hold a bachelor's degree, about 43 points above the U.S. average of 28%. Dense areas vote Democratic, and Spring Valley sits in the top fifth on density (about 91%, above 97% of cities). Spring Valley runs against the grain of Kentucky, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.

Preventive-care access and voter turnout

Places with strong routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Spring Valley, KY sits in the top 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 Spring Valley looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Spring Valley 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 72%, about 12 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 98% of households in Spring Valley own their home, about 23 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and more than 99% of adults in Spring Valley have completed high school, in the top 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.