Nicholasville, KY is a small city located in the state of Kentucky with a population of over 12,000 people. It's politics are typical for a small town in the United States; many people belong to major political parties and most candidates running for office are members of either the Republican or Democratic Party. Local elections focus on specific issues such as education funding, public safety, and economic development. On the national level, many Nicholasville residents vote along party lines and take into account their views on social issues when choosing which candidate to support. Though there may be disagreements about certain issues, overall the citizens of Nicholasville work together to achieve their shared goals.
The political climate in Nicholasville, KY is moderately conservative.
Jessamine County, KY is very conservative. In Jessamine County, KY 32.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jessamine county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.1% to 32.6%.
Jessamine county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Nicholasville, KY is moderately conservative.
Jessamine 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.
Nicholasville, 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 Nicholasville, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,583 contributions totaling $789,909 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $306 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,233 contributions totaling $675,564 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $548 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)