Brownsville, KY is a rural town in south-central Kentucky. Its politics are largely driven by local issues that affect the community. In recent years, Brownsville has been the epicenter of debates about immigration, education reform, and economic growth in the region. The local government is made up of a mayor, city council members, city clerk and treasurer who are elected to serve the people of Brownsville. These officials are responsible for creating laws and regulations to ensure the safety and wellbeing of local citizens. Furthermore, local candidates often run on platforms that emphasize improving education opportunities for children and increasing jobs in the area. Although elections can be contentious in Brownsville, ultimately it is up to its citizens to decide what kind of future they wish for their community.
The political climate in Brownsville, KY is strongly conservative.
Edmonson County, KY is very conservative. In Edmonson County, KY 20.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Edmonson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.7% to 20.0%.
Edmonson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Brownsville, KY is strongly conservative.
Edmonson County, Kentucky is very conservative.
Bowling Green Metro Area is strongly 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.
Brownsville, 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 Brownsville, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $1,000 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $500 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 54 contributions totaling $13,074 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $242 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)