Fort Knox, Kentucky is a small town located in Meade County, with a population of just over 12,000 people. It is home to the United States Bullion Depository, and is known for its military history as well as its political autonomy. The city has several local offices that handle municipal matters such as the mayor's office, police department, fire department and a number of other smaller departments. Fort Knox residents are served by numerous political offices at the state level which include the governor's office, senators and representatives from Kentucky's 3rd congressional district. At the federal level there are representatives from Kentucky’s 1st Congressional District and Senators representing both Kentucky and Indiana. Local elections are held every two years and include voting for mayor and council members from each ward of the city. Political decisions made in Fort Knox are aimed at benefiting all its citizens while maintaining economic development throughout the community.
The political climate in Fort Knox, KY is leaning conservative.
Hardin County, KY is strongly conservative. In Hardin County, KY 37.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hardin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.0% to 37.0%.
Hardin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fort Knox, KY is leaning conservative.
Hardin County, Kentucky is strongly conservative.
Elizabethtown-Fort Knox 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.
Fort Knox, 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 Fort Knox, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 26 contributions totaling $1,686 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $7,572 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $344 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)