Taffy is a Republican stronghold. About 16% of voters here vote Democratic and 84% Republican.
About 65% of adults in Taffy typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Taffy, ~10% vote Democratic, ~55% Republican, and ~35% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Taffy compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Taffy leans more Republican than 87 of 110 neighbors.
Taffy runs about 37 points more Republican than Kentucky as a whole.
Why Taffy 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 Taffy, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Taffy, more than 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 27 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 10% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 9 points below the Kentucky average of 19%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Taffy sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 5%, below 78% of cities).
Never-married share, developed land, and voter turnout
Places that combine a low never-married share and a rural land-use pattern tend to turn out at a higher rate, as Taffy, KY does.
Why turnout in Taffy looks the way it does
Turnout in Taffy sits close to the national pattern. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
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- No Creek, KY R+66
- Magan, KY R+69
- Dundee, KY R+70
- Pleasant Ridge, KY R+61
- Heflin, KY R+67
- Horton, KY R+62
Cities with Similar Populations
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- Maybank, MS R+50
- Toria, KY R+73
- Florey, TX R+84
- Tolstoy, SD R+69
- Sheridan, NV R+49
- Ocean View, HI D+12
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.