Plano, Kentucky is a small town in the southeastern corner of the state. The town has a population of just over 2,000 people and serves as a rural community for many families. Despite its small size, Plano is an active and engaged community with politics playing an important role in local life. The town elects six members to serve on the City Council which meets regularly to create laws, policies, and regulations that guide the day-to-day operations of the municipality. Additionally, elections are held every two years for Mayor to provide leadership and direction for Plano's future growth and development. Residents of Plano also participate in national and statewide elections by casting their ballots for candidates from political parties such as Republicans and Democrats. Through their political engagement, Plano citizens help shape their local environment by selecting representatives who reflect their values and opinions about current issues.
The political climate in Plano, KY is moderately conservative.
Warren County, KY is moderately conservative. In Warren County, KY 40.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Warren county remained very strongly Republican, 57.4% to 40.6%.
Warren county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Plano, KY is moderately conservative.
Warren County, Kentucky is moderately conservative.
Bowling Green Metro Area is strongly 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.
Plano, 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 Plano, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,275 contributions totaling $76,016 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 317 contributions totaling $116,020 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $366 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)