Ledbetter, KY is a small town located in southern Kentucky. As such, it has a unique political landscape that is shaped by local concerns. The town has been represented in the Kentucky House of Representatives since 1974 by a succession of lawmakers. The current representative for Ledbetter is Harry Johnson, a Democrat who was elected to the office in 2018. At the county level, Ledbetter has three elected commissioners representing its interests on the Ballard County Commission. They are Joe Reed, Judy Jones and Brian Smith, all of whom were elected in 2019 on platforms of increasing economic opportunity and addressing local infrastructure needs. Additionally, Ledbetter has had a consistent presence in the Ballard County Republican Party since its founding in 1976. Together these representatives make up the backbone of Ledbetter's political system and work to advocate for their constituents at both state and local levels.
The political climate in Ledbetter, KY is strongly conservative.
Livingston County, KY is very conservative. In Livingston County, KY 18.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Livingston county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.1% to 18.8%.
Livingston county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ledbetter, KY is strongly conservative.
Livingston 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.
Ledbetter, 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 Ledbetter, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $1,431 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $179 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)