The politics in Crestwood, KY are mainly dominated by county level and state level issues. Local politics focus heavily on the needs of the community, such as education, public safety, and infrastructure. The current board of commissioners for Oldham County governs Crestwood and they are dedicated to providing resources that benefit their constituents. At a state level, there are a number of representatives and senators who work to ensure that the residents of Crestwood get their fair share of funding from Frankfort. They strive to create laws that benefit everyone in the community while also keeping taxes low.
The political climate in Crestwood, KY is moderately conservative.
Oldham County, KY is moderately conservative. In Oldham County, KY 38.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Oldham county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.7% to 38.2%.
Oldham county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Crestwood, KY is moderately conservative.
Oldham County, Kentucky is moderately conservative.
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.
Crestwood, 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 Crestwood, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 388 contributions totaling $35,978 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 274 contributions totaling $63,425 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $231 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)