Mount Vernon, KY is a small town located in Rockcastle County. Although it has a small population, the town has an active political environment. Local elections are held every two years for mayor and city council members. The current mayor is Johnathon Smith and the town council consists of five members elected by the people of Mount Vernon. There are numerous political parties represented in local elections and there is always lively debate on important issues that affect the community. The people of Mount Vernon take their politics seriously and they participate actively in all aspects of civic life.
The political climate in Mount Vernon, KY is moderately conservative.
Rockcastle County, KY is very conservative. In Rockcastle County, KY 14.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rockcastle county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.5% to 14.6%.
Rockcastle county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mount Vernon, KY is moderately conservative.
Rockcastle County, Kentucky is very conservative.
Richmond-Berea 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.
Mount Vernon, 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 Mount Vernon, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 175 contributions totaling $3,697 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $21 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 33 contributions totaling $10,230 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $310 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)