Coldstream, KY is a small town situated in the Appalachian Mountains. The population of this rural community is just over 1,000 people and residents are very proud of their tight-knit community and traditional values. Local politics are decided through a mayor/council system with the mayor being elected every four years. Political candidates must be nominated by residents in order to run for the positions of mayor or councilman and the elections are heavily contested due to the high level of civic engagement among its citizens. Issues on which political candidates often focus range from economic development to infrastructure improvements and environmental concerns. Residents of Coldstream take great pride in making sure their local politicians are working hard to improve the town for current and future generations.
The political climate in Coldstream, KY is leaning liberal.
Jefferson County, KY is moderately liberal. In Jefferson County, KY 58.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 58.9% to 38.8%.
Jefferson county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Coldstream, KY is leaning liberal.
Jefferson County, Kentucky is moderately liberal.
Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Area is leaning 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.
Coldstream, Kentucky: d d D D D D
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 Coldstream, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 965 contributions totaling $108,560 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 621 contributions totaling $362,307 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $583 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)