Hustonville, KY is a small town located in Lincoln County, Kentucky. Despite its small size, Hustonville has an active political scene that plays an important role in local affairs. A wide variety of civic and party organizations are present throughout the city and regularly weigh in on local issues. The Mayor of Hustonville is elected for a four-year term and currently held by Kenneth Stanley, who was reelected for his third consecutive term in 2019. Additionally, the Board of Commissioners serves as the legislative body of Hustonville's government and consists of five members elected to serve four-year terms. Participatory democracy is highly encouraged in Hustonville with citizens frequently voting on initiatives such as tax levies, bond issues, charter amendments, and other matters of local importance through referendum votes.
The political climate in Hustonville, KY is strongly conservative.
Lincoln County, KY is very conservative. In Lincoln County, KY 20.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lincoln county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.8% to 20.7%.
Lincoln county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hustonville, KY is strongly conservative.
Lincoln County, Kentucky is very conservative.
Danville 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.
Hustonville, 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 Hustonville, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $100 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $4,175 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $380 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)