Slaughters, Kentucky is an unincorporated community located in Muhlenberg County. This rural area is a part of the Western Coal Field Region and has a population of approximately 1,000 people. Politics in Slaughters, KY are much like politics across the rest of the state. The citizens participate in local elections for various positions such as mayor, county council members, and school board members. Although there are no specific local candidates at this time, the residents of Slaughters are actively involved in regional politics. They regularly attend local government meetings to stay informed about current issues that affect their community. In addition to attending local meetings, they also vote during midterm and presidential elections, ensuring that their voices are heard on a larger scale.
The political climate in Slaughters, KY is very conservative.
Webster County, KY is very conservative. In Webster County, KY 23.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Webster county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.2% to 23.6%.
Webster county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Slaughters, KY is very conservative.
Webster 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.
Slaughters, 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 Slaughters, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17 contributions totaling $289 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $17 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $675 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)