Marion, KY is a small city in Crittenden County with a population of around 2,000 people. The city has an active and involved political system with several local representatives who work to ensure the needs of the community are met. The mayor is currently Ben Mitchell Jr., who was elected in 2019 for his second term. He works closely with other local representatives such as county judge-executive and members of the city council to improve the quality of life for Marion citizens. Recent projects include infrastructure updates and improvements, as well as initiatives to support small businesses and promote economic development. Residents of Marion take pride in their political system and are very involved in the decisions that affect their lives. Local elections have high turnout rates, showing that residents take politics seriously and believe their voices should be heard. With strong leadership from Mayor Mitchell and other local officials, the future looks bright for Marion's political scene.
The political climate in Marion, KY is strongly conservative.
Crittenden County, KY is very conservative. In Crittenden County, KY 17.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Crittenden county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.4% to 17.2%.
Crittenden county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Marion, KY is strongly conservative.
Crittenden 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.
Marion, 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 Marion, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 70 contributions totaling $4,829 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 73 contributions totaling $16,177 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $222 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)