Kevil, KY is a small town in western Kentucky situated near the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. It is a rural town with a population of around 2000 people. The local government is composed of elected officials who serve the community by creating policies that address the needs of its citizens. Kevil's mayor serves as head of the city council which consists of seven members who are responsible for making decisions on local issues such as taxes, safety, infrastructure, and services. Additionally, there are two local legislators that represent Kevil in Frankfort, Kentucky’s capital. These representatives work to ensure that state legislation takes into account the needs of residents in their district. As such, they play an important role in advocating for the rights and interests of Kevil’s citizens.
The political climate in Kevil, KY is very conservative.
Ballard County, KY is very conservative. In Ballard County, KY 19.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ballard county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.4% to 19.5%.
Ballard county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kevil, KY is very conservative.
Ballard County, Kentucky is very conservative.
Paducah 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.
Kevil, Kentucky: d 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 Kevil, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 38 contributions totaling $23,380 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $615 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)