Hopkinsville, KY is a small town located in the southwestern part of the state. This city is home to over 32,000 residents and is renowned for its hospitality, charm and history. Politically, Hopkinsville has been historically conservative leaning. Like many cities in Kentucky, members of the Republican Party hold most of the elected positions in County and State government. The Mayor and City Council are composed entirely of Republicans who support fiscal responsibility and economic development initiatives. Public safety, infrastructure improvements and education reform are all popular topics for discussion among local officials. Hopkinsville also has a large number of civic organizations that educate voters on important issues facing their community while advocating for change at the local level.
The political climate in Hopkinsville, KY is somewhat conservative.
Christian County, KY is strongly conservative. In Christian County, KY 34.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Christian county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.2% to 34.8%.
Christian county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hopkinsville, KY is somewhat conservative.
Christian County, Kentucky is strongly conservative.
Clarksville Metro Area is moderately 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.
Hopkinsville, 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 Hopkinsville, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,277 contributions totaling $71,027 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,349 contributions totaling $318,624 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $236 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)