Earlington, KY is a small rural community located in central Kentucky. It is known for its beautiful historic downtown and historic buildings. Despite its small size, Earlington has an active political scene. Local government is led by a mayor and city council who are elected by the citizens of Earlington every four years. They work together to make important decisions that affect the town such as taxes, public spending, zoning regulations and more. The local school board is also elected to ensure that educational opportunities exist for all students in the town. There are many political clubs and organizations in Earlington that promote awareness of current issues and encourage people to become involved in the local politics. Additionally, residents can vote on state-wide and federal elections to help shape the future of their community.
The political climate in Earlington, KY is moderately conservative.
Hopkins County, KY is very conservative. In Hopkins County, KY 25.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hopkins county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.2% to 25.3%.
Hopkins county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Earlington, KY is moderately conservative.
Hopkins County, Kentucky is very conservative.
Madisonville 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.
Earlington, 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 Earlington, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 118 contributions totaling $16,378 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 197 contributions totaling $64,767 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $329 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)