Hills and Dales, KY is a small town located in the Appalachian region of Kentucky. It is home to a close-knit community of citizens who maintain strong connections with their local government. On the local level, Hills and Dales has an elected mayor responsible for managing the town’s finances, public works projects, and other routine municipal functions. The mayor also serves on the city council which sets ordinances, approves budgets, and makes decisions that are in the best interests of the town's residents. Every two years, Hills and Dales holds elections for city council members as well as a new mayor. During these elections, citizens come together to discuss local issues such as public safety, employment opportunities, infrastructure improvements, and school funding. Local candidates work hard to connect with the voters by attending forums and having conversations with them about what matters most to them in their hometown. With this strong connection between residents and their representatives at all levels of government, Hills and Dales is able to build up its small town while still keeping its traditional values intact.
The political climate in Hills and Dales, KY is leaning liberal.
Jefferson County, KY is moderately liberal. In Jefferson County, KY 58.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 58.9% to 38.8%.
Jefferson county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hills and Dales, KY is leaning liberal.
Jefferson County, Kentucky is moderately liberal.
Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Area is leaning 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.
Hills and Dales, Kentucky: d d D D D D
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 Hills and Dales, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,414 contributions totaling $959,607 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $217 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,413 contributions totaling $937,667 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $664 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)