Flemingsburg, KY is a small town located in northeast Kentucky with a population of just over 2,800 people. The town has a long history of political activism, with residents being very active in local and national politics. There is an active City Council that meets regularly to discuss and make decisions on local issues. They are also responsible for appointing members to various committees and boards within the city. Local elections are held every two years for Mayor and City Council members. Residents of Flemingsburg have their voices heard by lobbying elected representatives both on the local and state levels to promote issues important to their community. While most of the political discussion centers around economic development and job creation, there is also an active discussion about social issues such as healthcare reform, education reform, gun rights, and environmental protection. In Flemingsburg, KY politics matter as residents strive to ensure that their voices are heard in all levels of government.
The political climate in Flemingsburg, KY is moderately conservative.
Fleming County, KY is very conservative. In Fleming County, KY 20.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fleming county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.3% to 20.9%.
Fleming county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Flemingsburg, KY is moderately conservative.
Fleming 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.
Flemingsburg, 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 Flemingsburg, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 240 contributions totaling $9,850 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 67 contributions totaling $13,076 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $195 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)