Winchester, KY is a small city located in the Bluegrass Region of Kentucky. The city has a rich history and culture. Politically, Winchester is governed by its city council who make decisions affecting the local population. The council is composed of six members, elected on a nonpartisan basis by citizens of the city each year. Elections are held on the first Tuesday in November of each year to decide who will be representing the community for that year's term. Currently, Mayor Ed Burtner serves as leader of the Winchester City Council and focuses on making decisions that benefit all residents in Winchester while promoting economic growth and development in the area. Local political candidates often campaign for office within Winchester, participating in town hall meetings and hosting events to promote their platforms for change within the area. With elections coming up this year, there is sure to be an exciting race amongst those vying for positions on the local city council.
The political climate in Winchester, KY is moderately conservative.
Clark County, KY is very conservative. In Clark County, KY 33.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clark county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.1% to 33.1%.
Clark county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Winchester, KY is moderately conservative.
Clark County, Kentucky is very conservative.
Lexington-Fayette Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Winchester, 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 Winchester, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,982 contributions totaling $140,106 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 590 contributions totaling $175,528 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $298 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)