Forest Hills, KY is a small rural community located in the central US. As such, much of the politics in the area revolve around local issues, such as improving infrastructure and developing economic opportunities for the area. Local politicians work to ensure that all residents have access to basic services such as education, health care and public transportation. They also strive to create jobs and foster business growth within the community. The town council meets regularly to discuss current issues and look for ways to improve life for all Forest Hills residents. Many of these initiatives are supported by grassroots civic organizations that are led by local citizens who want to make sure their voices are heard in deciding how their town is run. In addition, many of these organizations work with state and federal representatives to ensure that their interests are represented in larger policy debates. All this goes to show that Forest Hills is an engaged and politically active community whose members take an active role in shaping its future.
The political climate in Forest Hills, 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
Forest Hills, 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.
Forest Hills, 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 Forest Hills, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 472 contributions totaling $48,641 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 345 contributions totaling $154,297 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $447 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)