Carlisle is a small town in Kentucky with a population of 1,719 people. It is located in Nicholas County and serves as the county seat. Although Carlisle is a small community, it has an active political landscape. The local government consists of a mayor and four city council members who are elected to four-year terms. The current mayor is J.T. Thompson and the current city council members are Sandy Hardstyle, Sam Miller, Margaret Johnson, and James Brown. They work together to ensure that the needs of the people of Carlisle are met and that their voices are heard in decisions that impact the town. Additionally, each year a number of local officials are elected for two-year terms including a police chief, fire chief, magistrate judge and three constables to serve on the Nicholas County Court system. Through their efforts these officials strive to keep Carlisle safe while providing citizens with services they need such as public transportation, water & sewer services and recreational activities.
The political climate in Carlisle, KY is strongly conservative.
Nicholas County, KY is very conservative. In Nicholas County, KY 28.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Nicholas county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.9% to 28.1%.
Nicholas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Carlisle, KY is strongly conservative.
Nicholas 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.
Carlisle, 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 Carlisle, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 74 contributions totaling $17,902 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $242 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $10,464 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $498 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)