Morgantown, KY is a small city located in Butler County, Kentucky. As in many small towns and cities throughout the state, politics play an important role in the day-to-day life of its residents. The city is governed by a Mayor-Council form of government, with five members on the City Council representing each of the city’s five wards. The current Mayor is Mary Smith. Local elections are held every four years to determine who will serve as mayor and occupy the council seats. Issues such as infrastructure development, public safety, economic development and social services often dominate local election campaigns. To involve citizens in political processes, Morgantown hosts town halls and public forums that allow local residents to discuss issues that are important to them and their community. The city also holds annual festivals and events to engage citizens in celebrating their local culture and heritage.
The political climate in Morgantown, KY is strongly conservative.
Butler County, KY is very conservative. In Butler County, KY 17.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Butler county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.0% to 17.6%.
Butler county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Morgantown, KY is strongly conservative.
Butler County, Kentucky is very conservative.
Bowling Green Metro Area is strongly 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.
Morgantown, 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 Morgantown, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 22 contributions totaling $1,142 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 108 contributions totaling $14,628 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $135 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)