Harrodsburg, Kentucky is a small city with a population of 8,445 people. It has a strong sense of community and the politics here are rooted in tradition and local values. Harrodsburg’s Mayor is Eddie Longest, who was elected in 2018 and is currently in his second term. The city is part of the 28th Senate district, represented by Senator Tom Buford. On the state level, Representative Kim King represents Harrodsburg as a member of the 66th House District. The city council consists of six members: Margaret Eades (Chairman), Roger Belcher (Vice Chairman), Steve Walker, Phyllis Thomas, Mark Muncy, and Mary Ann Jackson. As members of their respective offices they work together to ensure that Harrodsburg remains a safe and prosperous community for all its residents.
The political climate in Harrodsburg, KY is strongly conservative.
Mercer County, KY is very conservative. In Mercer County, KY 25.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mercer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.5% to 25.8%.
Mercer county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Harrodsburg, KY is strongly conservative.
Mercer County, Kentucky 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.
Harrodsburg, 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 Harrodsburg, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 102 contributions totaling $29,886 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $293 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 100 contributions totaling $93,698 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $937 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)