Mayfield, KY is a small town located in the western part of Kentucky. It has been a part of the Commonwealth since its founding over 200 years ago. The politics in Mayfield is largely based around local issues that affect everyday life. Recently, there has been an effort by local politicians to increase resources for education, public safety and infrastructure. This includes advocating for more funding for schools and libraries, increasing police presence in neighborhoods, and improving roads and sidewalks. Local politicians have also recently focused on promoting economic development to attract new businesses to the area as well as helping existing businesses expand and grow. Through these efforts, Mayfield has seen great success in growing its economy while still maintaining its quaint small-town charm.
The political climate in Mayfield, KY is moderately conservative.
Graves County, KY is very conservative. In Graves County, KY 20.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Graves county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.6% to 20.9%.
Graves county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mayfield, KY is moderately conservative.
Graves County, Kentucky is very conservative.
Mayfield Metro Area is very 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.
Mayfield, 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 Mayfield, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 470 contributions totaling $9,040 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $19 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 208 contributions totaling $47,102 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $226 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)