Beaver Dam, KY is a small rural town with a tight knit community. Politically, people in Beaver Dam tend to lean conservatively and are generally supportive of local politicians who share their values. Despite its small size, Beaver Dam has a vibrant political culture and actively participates in local elections. Residents are often engaged in conversations about the issues impacting their community and seek to ensure that the voices of all citizens are heard and respected. Additionally, there is an active grassroots movement in Beaver Dam that works to create solutions to some of the more difficult challenges facing the town. With strong support from local government officials, residents work together to make Beaver Dam a better place for everyone living there.
The political climate in Beaver Dam, KY is strongly conservative.
Ohio County, KY is very conservative. In Ohio County, KY 21.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ohio county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.1% to 21.6%.
Ohio county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Beaver Dam, KY is strongly conservative.
Ohio County, Kentucky 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.
Beaver Dam, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Beaver Dam, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 25 contributions totaling $3,654 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $146 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 33 contributions totaling $7,085 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $215 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)