Shepherdsville, KY is a small town in Bullitt County located about 20 miles south of Louisville. Even though it is a smaller community, the politics of Shepherdsville are important to many residents. Residents of Shepherdsville come together to elect their local representatives on the City Council and also vote for state level officials who represent them in Frankfort. Activism within the community is often seen through local protests and rallies, with citizens engaging in dialogue to discuss current political issues that are facing their city and state. Despite its size, Shepherdsville is an active participant in Kentucky politics as locals strive to create positive change in their community and support good governance at the local level.
The political climate in Shepherdsville, KY is strongly conservative.
Bullitt County, KY is very conservative. In Bullitt County, KY 25.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bullitt county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.1% to 25.1%.
Bullitt county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Shepherdsville, KY is strongly conservative.
Bullitt County, Kentucky is very conservative.
Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Area is leaning 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.
Shepherdsville, 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 Shepherdsville, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 666 contributions totaling $57,267 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 558 contributions totaling $137,556 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $247 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)