Morganfield, KY is a small town located in Union County, and has been largely known for its rural roots and traditional values. The political landscape of Morganfield is often described as conservative, with local elections revolving around maintaining the town’s traditional values while still looking for ways to better serve the community. Local politics focus on economic stability, public safety, education, infrastructure and other issues that affect Morganfield residents and businesses. Each year, many candidates run for office in order to represent the people of Morganfield. These candidates are dedicated to improving the quality of life in their hometown by listening to their constituents. Although no single agenda or party affiliation dominates Morganfield politics, elected leaders strive to work together towards a common goal of creating a place that can be proud of its heritage while still embracing new ideas.
The political climate in Morganfield, KY is strongly conservative.
Union County, KY is very conservative. In Union County, KY 23.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Union county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.5% to 23.2%.
Union county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Morganfield, KY is strongly conservative.
Union 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.
Morganfield, 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 Morganfield, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 20 contributions totaling $13,025 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $651 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 56 contributions totaling $33,774 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $603 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)