Cave City, KY is a small rural city located in Barren County. It has a long history of being politically conservative, but there are plenty of progressive voices that contribute to the local political discourse. The city is home to several local political organizations and interest groups that actively engage in the local election process. In recent years, many residents have become more involved with politics, attending meetings and events related to different causes and candidates. Cave City also holds regular elections to choose both county and state representatives, ensuring that its citizens have a say in their government. While much of the political decisions may be made on a larger scale by higher authorities, Cave City provides ample opportunity for citizens to get involved and have their voices heard on both local and national issues.
The political climate in Cave City, KY is strongly conservative.
Barren County, KY is very conservative. In Barren County, KY 25.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Barren county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.0% to 25.6%.
Barren county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cave City, KY is strongly conservative.
Barren County, Kentucky is very conservative.
Glasgow 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.
Cave City, 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 Cave City, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 57 contributions totaling $3,155 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 29 contributions totaling $8,790 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $303 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)