Millersburg, KY is a small town in the heart of the Bluegrass State. It has a proud history of political involvement and strong local leadership. With a population of just under 1,000 residents, Millersburg’s politics are focused on the needs of its citizens. While there may not be any local political candidates at this time, the people of Millersburg are actively engaged in engaging with their state and local government representatives to ensure their voices are heard. Town meetings are organized regularly to discuss community issues such as land use, taxes, infrastructure development, public safety and other topics that affect the quality of life for residents. The town also encourages citizen participation in elections with voter registration drives and educational sessions about the importance of voting. The town supports initiatives to promote youth civic engagement such as student-led debates about current events or committees that focus on developing solutions to community problems.
The political climate in Millersburg, KY is strongly conservative.
Bourbon County, KY is strongly conservative. In Bourbon County, KY 34.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bourbon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.2% to 34.2%.
Bourbon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Millersburg, KY is strongly conservative.
Bourbon 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.
Millersburg, 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 Millersburg, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 148 contributions totaling $35,804 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $242 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 43 contributions totaling $21,003 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $488 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)