Clay City, KY is a small town in the heart of Kentucky that is home to many families and businesses. The town has a mayor and city council that are responsible for making decisions on behalf of the citizens of Clay City. The mayor sets policies, creates budgets, and makes sure the towns finances are kept in line. The city council consists of elected officials who vote on all significant matters related to the municipal aspects of Clay City. All citizens have the right to vote in local elections and help decide who will be representing them in local politics. As a whole, Clay City takes great pride in their local government and looks for ways to make it better for their residents.
The political climate in Clay City, KY is strongly conservative.
Powell County, KY is very conservative. In Powell County, KY 24.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Powell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.4% to 24.8%.
Powell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Clay City, KY is strongly conservative.
Powell 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.
Clay 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 Clay City, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $218 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $15 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $600 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $300 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)