The Richmond-Berea area of Kentucky is a bustling city with much to offer. Politically, the area is largely Republican, with all state and local representatives being from the party. At the local level, there are numerous non-partisan initiatives to support the community. These include things such as student mentorship programs and senior citizen outreach initiatives. Additionally, there are efforts to increase civic engagement across all demographics in the area through voter education campaigns and get out the vote initiatives. The people of Richmond-Berea take pride in their city and value the importance of having a voice in their community’s politics.
The political climate in Richmond-Berea Metro Area is very conservative.
In Richmond-Berea Metro Area 32.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Richmond-Berea metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.6% to 32.3%.
The Richmond-Berea metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Richmond-Berea 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.
Richmond-Berea, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Richmond-Berea Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,882 contributions totaling $230,107 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 553 contributions totaling $131,077 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $237 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)