Russell Springs is a small city in Kentucky located in the heart of rural America. It is home to about 2,000 people and has been steadily growing since its incorporation in 1896. Despite its small size, Russell Springs is an important area politically because it serves as the county seat for Russell County and elects representatives to both the local government and state legislature. The citizens of Russell Springs have a long history of voting for candidates with strong conservative values, often leaning towards Republican candidates. In recent elections, local voters have shown that despite their rural location, they are engaged in the political process and are passionate about their beliefs. As such, many of the political issues that affect the rest of Kentucky can be seen playing out on a smaller scale in Russell Springs.
The political climate in Russell Springs, KY is strongly conservative.
Russell County, KY is very conservative. In Russell County, KY 14.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Russell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.0% to 14.9%.
Russell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Russell Springs, KY is strongly conservative.
Russell 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.
Russell Springs, 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 Russell Springs, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 26 contributions totaling $9,240 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $355 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 98 contributions totaling $95,639 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $976 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)