Prestonsburg, KY is a small city located in Floyd County. It is home to many diverse political views, and the city council often debates various issues that affect the local community. The members of the city council are all elected locally, providing the residents with the chance to have a say in how their city is being run. Through local elections, the citizens of Prestonsburg can choose their representatives that will make decisions on behalf of them. These representatives will discuss how best to use public money and resources, as well as create legislation to help solve local problems such as crime or poverty. Every four years citizens have an opportunity to cast their ballot and decide who they want representing them on a local level. These candidates come from different backgrounds and they each bring unique perspectives on how best to serve their constituents. No matter which candidate wins, these elections ensure that the people of Prestonsburg are able to make decisions about their own future and participate in democratic processes at a local level.
The political climate in Prestonsburg, KY is strongly conservative.
Floyd County, KY is very conservative. In Floyd County, KY 23.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Floyd county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.9% to 23.8%.
Floyd county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Prestonsburg, KY is strongly conservative.
Floyd 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.
Prestonsburg, Kentucky: D D 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 Prestonsburg, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 526 contributions totaling $40,940 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 182 contributions totaling $47,808 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $263 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)