The small town of Philpot, Kentucky (zip code 42366) is located in Daviess County. It is a small rural community with a population of approximately 1,500 people. Despite its small size, Philpot has an active political landscape that impacts the local community. The area is represented in the Kentucky Senate by Republican senators Joe Bowen and Robby Mills, while the Kentucky House seat is held by Democrat David Watkins. Elections are held regularly and local residents are encouraged to engage in their civic duty by voting for candidates who best represent their views and values. Issues such as public education, infrastructure development, crime prevention, health care access, and economic policy all factor into the political discourse here. Townspeople often take part in discussions surrounding these topics at regular public meetings hosted by the mayor and other elected officials in Philpot. Although politics may be contentious on a national level, it remains a central part of life in this tight-knit rural community.
The political climate in Zip 42366 (Philpot, KY) is strongly conservative.
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
Zip 42366 (Philpot, KY) is strongly conservative.
Philpot, Kentucky is strongly conservative.
Daviess County, Kentucky 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.
Philpot, 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 zip 42366 (Philpot)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 26 contributions totaling $1,536 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23 contributions totaling $13,909 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $605 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)