Onton, KY is a small community of about 2,000 people that is known for its close-knit sense of community. As a small town, Onton has relatively limited political involvement in comparison to larger cities. However, the politics of Onton are still important in the day-to-day lives of its citizens. Local elections are held every four years and determine the direction of the town's government. The main focus of political discussion in Onton centers around issues such as education, infrastructure development, and public safety. Residents of Onton take pride in their town and actively participate in local politics by attending debates and other related events as well as voting regularly during election season. Overall, politics play an important role in Onton and residents have an active voice in how their city is run.
The political climate in Onton, KY is strongly conservative.
Webster County, KY is very conservative. In Webster County, KY 23.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Webster county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.2% to 23.6%.
Webster county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Onton, KY is strongly conservative.
Webster County, Kentucky 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.
Onton, 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 Onton, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 31 contributions totaling $875 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $5,535 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $277 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)