Letcher County, Kentucky is a rural county located in the Eastern Coalfield region of the state. It does not have any large cities or towns, but its population of around 24,000 people is spread across numerous small communities and townships. The county is governed by the Letcher County Fiscal Court, which consists of five elected magistrates who represent the various districts within the county. The court works closely with other local government entities like school boards and municipal governments to ensure that services are provided for citizens and infrastructure projects are completed. Although there are no local political candidates running in Letcher County, people can vote in statewide and national elections to help shape policies that will affect their community. Local organizations such as non-profits and churches also advocate for change on issues important to Letcher County residents. Overall, politics in Letcher County plays an important role in shaping the future of this rural area.
The political climate in Letcher County, KY is very conservative.
In Letcher County, KY 19.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Letcher county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.1% to 19.7%.
Letcher county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Letcher County, KY is very conservative.
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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.
Letcher, Kentucky: d 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 Letcher County, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 167 contributions totaling $11,191 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 52 contributions totaling $33,177 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $638 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)