Dry Ridge, Kentucky is a small town in Grant County, located in the northern part of the state. Politically, Dry Ridge has been strongly Republican for the past two decades. The majority of the population supports conservative ideals and candidates during elections. In recent years, elections have seen contested races between Republicans and Democrats for local offices including mayor, city council members, and county court judges. During these elections, local voters consider candidates’ views on taxation and spending initiatives as well as social issues such as gun control and abortion rights. In addition to voting for candidates at election time, residents of Dry Ridge also have an active voice in their government through town hall meetings where they can make suggestions or voice concerns about local issues. This close relationship between citizens and local government officials helps ensure that decisions made by elected officials are reflective of the needs of the community.
The political climate in Dry Ridge, KY is strongly conservative.
Grant County, KY is very conservative. In Grant County, KY 19.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grant county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.5% to 19.9%.
Grant county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dry Ridge, KY is strongly conservative.
Grant County, Kentucky is very conservative.
Cincinnati Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Dry Ridge, 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 Dry Ridge, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 62 contributions totaling $1,521 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 56 contributions totaling $2,657 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)