Sugar Grove is a Republican stronghold. About 16% of voters here vote Democratic and 84% Republican.
About 67% of adults in Sugar Grove typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Sugar Grove, ~11% vote Democratic, ~56% Republican, and ~33% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Sugar Grove compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Sugar Grove leans more Republican than 74 of 89 neighbors.
Sugar Grove runs about 38 points more Republican than Kentucky as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Sugar Grove. The west side is the most Republican-leaning (R+72) and the east side is the least Republican-leaning (R+56), a spread of about 16 points.
Why Sugar Grove 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 Sugar Grove, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Sugar Grove, about 97% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 24 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 12 points below the U.S. average of 28%. Car-dependent areas vote Republican, and about 86% of residents in Sugar Grove drive to work alone, above 86% of cities.
Walkability and Republican lean
Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Sugar Grove, KY sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Sugar Grove looks the way it does
Turnout in Sugar Grove sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Sharer, KY R+69
- Guy, KY R+61
- Rockland, KY R+60
- Leetown, KY R+71
- Brooklyn, KY R+62
- Woodbury, KY R+63
- Browning, KY R+57
- Morgantown, KY R+64
- Anderson, KY R+65
- Riverside, KY R+60
Cities with Similar Populations
- Yankeetown, IN R+46
- Oakley, SC R+12
- Gum Springs, AL R+80
- New Era, GA R+28
- Pleasant Gap, VA R+44
- Gilark, LA R+77
- Priestley, WV R+59
- Aquone, NC R+52
- Woodville, KY R+63
- Doe Hill, VA R+51
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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.