Morehead, KY is a small city located in Rowan County, Kentucky. The city of Morehead is home to approximately 6,500 people and lies along the banks of the Licking River. As with many smaller cities, Morehead has its own local political system that governs the town. The governing body consists of a mayor and four council members who are elected every two years by residents. Elections are held in November of even-numbered years and all citizens above the voting age of 18 are eligible to vote. Issues such as fiscal responsibility, infrastructure improvements, public safety and educational excellence have all been important topics in recent elections. The current mayor is Joan Miller and she has expressed her commitment to continuing to make Morehead a strong and vibrant community for its residents.
The political climate in Morehead, KY is leaning conservative.
Rowan County, KY is moderately conservative. In Rowan County, KY 38.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rowan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.6% to 38.5%.
Rowan county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2004 and 2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Morehead, KY is leaning conservative.
Rowan County, Kentucky is moderately 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.
Morehead, Kentucky: r d d 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 Morehead, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 818 contributions totaling $81,194 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 235 contributions totaling $49,612 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $211 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)