Wakefield is a Republican stronghold. About 19% of voters here vote Democratic and 81% Republican.
About 73% of adults in Wakefield typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Wakefield, ~14% vote Democratic, ~59% Republican, and ~27% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Wakefield compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Wakefield leans more Republican than 83 of 99 neighbors.
Wakefield runs about 31 points more Republican than Kentucky as a whole.
Why Wakefield 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 Wakefield, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 87% of residents in Wakefield drive to work alone, about 13 points above the U.S. average of 74%. A high white share with below-average college attainment predicts Republican voting, and Wakefield fits that profile on both counts. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 78% of households in Wakefield are family households, above 85% of cities.
Foreign-born share and voter turnout
Places with a low foreign-born share tend to turn out in mixed patterns; Wakefield, KY sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Wakefield looks the way it does
Turnout in Wakefield sits close to the national pattern. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Waterford, KY R+58
- Chaplin, KY R+61
- Highgrove, KY R+60
- Southville, KY R+54
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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.