Bowling Green, Kentucky is a vibrant city located in south central Kentucky. It's home to an array of businesses, cultural attractions, and educational opportunities. The political landscape of Bowling Green is primarily divided between Democrats and Republicans. On the Democratic side, Congressman Brett Guthrie represents Bowling Green in the U.S. House of Representatives as part of Kentucky’s second congressional district. At the state level, Senator C. B. Embry Jr., a Republican, serves as Senator for Warren County and parts of surrounding counties in Kentucky's 1st senate district. There are also numerous city council members that serve on the mayor-appointed boards and commissions within Bowling Green and represent various districts across the city. These individuals ensure that local issues are addressed and that constituents' needs are met on both sides of the aisle.
The political climate in Bowling Green, KY is leaning conservative.
Warren County, KY is moderately conservative. In Warren County, KY 40.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Warren county remained very strongly Republican, 57.4% to 40.6%.
Warren county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bowling Green, KY is leaning conservative.
Warren County, Kentucky is moderately conservative.
Bowling Green Metro Area is strongly conservative.
Kentucky is strongly conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Bowling Green, Kentucky: R R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Bowling Green, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,885 contributions totaling $496,698 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,832 contributions totaling $1,062,186 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $580 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)