Stoney Fork, KY Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Stoney Fork

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

Stoney Fork is a Republican stronghold. About 9% of voters here vote Democratic and 91% Republican.

 

About 54% of adults in Stoney Fork typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Stoney Fork, ~5% vote Democratic, ~49% Republican, and ~46% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Stoney Fork compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Stoney Fork leans more Republican than 111 of 118 neighbors.

Stoney Fork runs about 51 points more Republican than Kentucky as a whole.

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

Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Stoney Fork, about 98% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 26 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 6% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 12 points below the Kentucky average of 19%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Stoney Fork sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 4%, below 82% of cities). A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 78% of households in Stoney Fork are family households, above 84% of cities.

Preventive-care access and voter turnout

Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Stoney Fork, 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 Stoney Fork looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Stoney Fork 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 49%, about 6 points below the Kentucky average of 54%. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 74% of adults in Stoney Fork have completed high school, below 96% 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.