West Buechel, KY is a small town located in Jefferson County. The population of West Buechel is diverse and consists of a mixture of liberal and conservative political beliefs. Local politics are handled at the city level by Mayor Dan Smith and the City Council, who are responsible for passing laws that affect the local residents. The City Council meets regularly to discuss issues such as taxes, infrastructure development projects, public services, and more. In addition to these officials, West Buechel has several local elected representatives who help ensure that constituents' rights are protected in both the state and federal governments. These representatives often work with other members of their party to pass legislation beneficial to their constituents. There is also a strong presence of grassroots organizations in West Buechel that work to support various causes important to the community, including social justice reform, environmental protection issues, poverty alleviation efforts, and more. All together, West Buechel's political landscape provides an opportunity for citizens to engage with government on both local and national levels.
The political climate in West Buechel, KY is moderately liberal.
Jefferson County, KY is moderately liberal. In Jefferson County, KY 58.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 58.9% to 38.8%.
Jefferson county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
West Buechel, KY is moderately liberal.
Jefferson County, Kentucky is moderately liberal.
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.
West Buechel, Kentucky: d d D D D D
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 West Buechel, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 341 contributions totaling $28,028 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 50 contributions totaling $8,237 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $165 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)