Bell County, KY is a small rural community located in the Appalachian Mountains. It has a long history of providing residents with strong local leadership and representation in government. The county is governed by an elected Board of Commissioners, with each commissioner representing one of three districts. In addition to the board, there are other officials such as the Judge-Executive, Sheriff and Coroner who provide important services for residents. There are several parties that have candidates running for office in Bell County, including Republican, Democratic and Independent. The Kentucky primary election takes place on May 18th and will determine which candidates will represent each party on the ballot during the general election in November. Voters in Bell County will have the chance to make their voices heard and elect representatives who best reflect their values and interests when they go to the polls this spring.
The political climate in Bell County, KY is very conservative.
In Bell County, KY 17.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.0% to 17.8%.
Bell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bell County, KY is very conservative.
Middlesborough 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.
Bell, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Bell County, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 27 contributions totaling $2,718 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 75 contributions totaling $12,989 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $173 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)