Daviess County, Kentucky is a densely populated county located in the western part of the state. It is home to a diverse range of industries and businesses, as well as several communities that make up its overall population. Politically, the county is largely conservative with Republicans having a majority on most local governing bodies. In recent years, there have been some efforts to move towards more progressive policies and initiatives within the county. There are several local political candidates that are running for office in Daviess County including Democrats and Republicans alike who are advocating for issues such as education reform, infrastructure investment, economic development, and public safety initiatives. The election results will be closely watched by the citizens of Daviess County to determine which party will have a majority in future election cycles.
The political climate in Daviess County, KY is strongly conservative.
In Daviess County, KY 35.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Daviess county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.9% to 35.1%.
Daviess county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Daviess County, KY is strongly conservative.
Owensboro Metro Area is strongly 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.
Daviess, 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 Daviess County, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 953 contributions totaling $54,918 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 724 contributions totaling $248,216 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $343 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)