Northfield, KY is a small town located in central Kentucky. Although the town is quite small, it has a strong community spirit and plays an important role in the local political landscape. Local elections are held regularly to elect county commissioners, school board members, and other government officials who serve the town of Northfield. The citizens of the area are passionate about their local politics and take their responsibility to have a voice in how their city is run seriously. Political candidates must be ready to address issues that matter to the citizens of Northfield such as education, infrastructure improvements, and economic development. Additionally, candidates must work hard to engage with issues that are important to the individual voters within the community if they hope to succeed in obtaining office.
The political climate in Northfield, KY is leaning liberal.
Jefferson County, KY is moderately liberal. In Jefferson County, KY 58.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 58.9% to 38.8%.
Jefferson county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Northfield, KY is leaning liberal.
Jefferson County, Kentucky is moderately liberal.
Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Area is leaning 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.
Northfield, Kentucky: d d D D D D
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 Northfield, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,478 contributions totaling $1,817,174 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $214 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,365 contributions totaling $1,698,737 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $718 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)