Clinton, KY is a small town located in Clinton County with a total population of around 1,500 people. The town has had a strong sense of community for many years and is reflected in their local politics. The Mayor of Clinton is Jane Smith, who was elected to the office in 2014 and has since been re-elected twice. The City Council consists of five members who are elected by the citizens every four years. These members serve to make decisions that affect the whole town, ranging from enacting laws to approving budgets. Additionally, the town has various boards such as Parks & Recreation and Economic Development that provide insight and advice for issues related to parks, infrastructure, businesses, etc. Overall, the town’s citizens are heavily involved in local politics and have no problem voicing their opinions on what changes they want to see happen in their community.
The political climate in Clinton, KY is strongly conservative.
Hickman County, KY is very conservative. In Hickman County, KY 20.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hickman county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.9% to 20.8%.
Hickman county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Clinton, KY is strongly conservative.
Hickman 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.
Clinton, 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 Clinton, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11 contributions totaling $341 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $4,118 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $206 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)