Prestonville, KY is a small community located in rural western Kentucky. It is home to a tight-knit group of people who have a great sense of pride for their town and its residents. In recent years, the political scene in Prestonville has grown increasingly active as more local candidates have been campaigning for city council positions and other local office positions. The local elections bring passionate discussions among the residents and energize the community. Many topics such as job growth, infrastructure improvements, education programs, and public safety are debated amongst the candidates. As each election passes by, citizens become more involved in their town’s politics and continue to strive for a brighter future for Prestonville.
The political climate in Prestonville, KY is strongly conservative.
Carroll County, KY is very conservative. In Carroll County, KY 27.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carroll county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.4% to 27.0%.
Carroll county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Prestonville, KY is strongly conservative.
Carroll 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.
Prestonville, 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 Prestonville, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 95 contributions totaling $4,126 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 25 contributions totaling $4,726 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $189 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)