Glasgow, KY is a small town located in Barren County with a population of around 14,000 people. The city operates under the Mayor-Council form of government, with the current mayor being Dick Doty. Glasgow's local government focuses on providing public services and amenities including police and fire protection, water and sewer services, parks and recreation programs, solid waste management, building inspections and code enforcement. The Glasgow City Council is comprised of five members elected to four-year terms by the citizens of Glasgow and are responsible for setting policy and creating laws which govern the city. Local elections are held every year in November for City Council seats as well as mayoral elections that take place every two years. Citizens can get involved in Glasgow politics by attending city council meetings or registering to vote in local elections. By engaging with their local government, citizens can help make sure that their voices are heard when it comes to decisions made which affect their community.
The political climate in Glasgow, KY is moderately conservative.
Barren County, KY is very conservative. In Barren County, KY 25.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Barren county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.0% to 25.6%.
Barren county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Glasgow, KY is moderately conservative.
Barren County, Kentucky is very conservative.
Glasgow Metro Area 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.
Glasgow, 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 Glasgow, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 501 contributions totaling $608,427 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,214 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 444 contributions totaling $375,687 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $846 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)