Oakbrook, KY is a small, rural community in the Appalachian Mountains of Eastern Kentucky. It is known for its tight-knit community and its strong respect for tradition and family values. While Oakbrook may be small, it has a vibrant political landscape that includes both state and local representatives. At the local level, the city is governed by a mayor and four council members who are elected every two years. These representatives strive to ensure that their constituents’ voices are heard and that Oakbrook remains a safe and prosperous place to live. Additionally, Oakbrook residents can vote for state representatives to help shape statewide laws and policies that benefit all of Kentucky’s citizens. All in all, politics in Oakbrook is an important part of life for its citizens and helps create an environment where everyone’s voice can be heard.
The political climate in Oakbrook, KY is strongly conservative.
Boone County, KY is very conservative. In Boone County, KY 31.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Boone county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.9% to 31.2%.
Boone county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Oakbrook, KY is strongly conservative.
Boone County, Kentucky is very conservative.
Cincinnati Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Oakbrook, 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 Oakbrook, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 730 contributions totaling $44,207 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 331 contributions totaling $57,149 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $173 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)