Brodhead, KY is a small town located in Rockcastle County in the southeastern portion of the state. The town has a rich and diverse political culture, with residents having strong views on local, state, and national issues. Political candidates from both major parties locally seek to represent the people of Brodhead during election cycles. Local candidates often debate current topics and key issues that are important to the area’s citizens. On the local level, Brodhead’s residents have successfully pushed for more funding for public schools and infrastructure projects over the years. At the state level, elected representatives from Brodhead are usually involved in important legislation dealing with taxes, education reform, and other issues that affect everyday life for their constituents. On a national level, local politicians often advocate for progressive policies such as environmental protection and social justice.
The political climate in Brodhead, KY is strongly conservative.
Rockcastle County, KY is very conservative. In Rockcastle County, KY 14.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rockcastle county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.5% to 14.6%.
Rockcastle county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Brodhead, KY is strongly conservative.
Rockcastle County, Kentucky is very conservative.
Richmond-Berea Metro Area 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.
Brodhead, 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 Brodhead, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $1,547 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $172 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $3,200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $320 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)