Georgetown, Kentucky is a small town located in Scott County. The town has a rich history of politics with numerous candidates running for local offices in the past few years. In 2015, the citizens of Georgetown elected Todd Lattus as mayor and Jeanie Smith and Jonathan Holbrook as city council members. Since taking office, Mayor Lattus has worked to strengthen the economy by bringing in new businesses and jobs, expanding public amenities, and improving infrastructure. The City Council has been instrumental in promoting responsible development initiatives while working to protect natural resources. They have also advocated for increased investments in education and public safety services. Overall, Georgetown's political leadership is focused on creating a better environment for its citizens through progressive reforms and fiscal responsibility.
The political climate in Georgetown, KY is somewhat conservative.
Scott County, KY is strongly conservative. In Scott County, KY 36.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Scott county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.3% to 36.5%.
Scott county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Georgetown, KY is somewhat conservative.
Scott County, Kentucky is strongly 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.
Georgetown, 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 Georgetown, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,324 contributions totaling $245,722 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 778 contributions totaling $248,472 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $319 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)