Walnut Grove is a Republican stronghold. About 13% of voters here vote Democratic and 87% Republican.
About 60% of adults in Walnut Grove typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Walnut Grove, ~8% vote Democratic, ~53% Republican, and ~39% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Walnut Grove compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Walnut Grove leans more Republican than 50 of 70 neighbors.
Walnut Grove runs about 43 points more Republican than Kentucky as a whole.
Why Walnut 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 Walnut 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 Walnut Grove, about 98% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 26 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 10 points below the Kentucky average of 19%. Car-dependent areas vote Republican, and about 86% of residents in Walnut Grove drive to work alone, above 84% of cities.
Walkability and Republican lean
Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Walnut 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 Walnut Grove looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Walnut Grove is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 83% of adults in Walnut Grove have completed high school, below 86% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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Cities with Similar Populations
- Zion Station, KY R+64
- Carbon Hill, IL R+34
- North Bradford, ME R+37
- Kerr, NC R+10
- Siloam, TN R+64
- Rockvale, MT R+67
- Drakes Mills, PA R+42
- Forestville, PA R+44
- Howard, TN R+66
- Miramonte, CA R+48
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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.