Somerset, KY is a small rural city located in Pulaski County. Despite its size, Somerset has an active political scene with many issues that are important to the citizens of the town. The city is governed by a mayor and four-member board of commissioners. Local politics often center around topics such as economic development, education, public safety, and infrastructure improvements. Recently elected candidates have also made a priority out of environmental sustainability and crime prevention. Beyond the local government level, people in Somerset are actively involved in state and national politics as well; they regularly participate in campaigns and elections to ensure all voices are heard at the highest levels of government. Overall, politics in Somerset is an important part of life for its residents, and people take their civic duties seriously so they can make sure their town remains safe and prosperous for years to come.
The political climate in Somerset, KY is moderately conservative.
Pulaski County, KY is very conservative. In Pulaski County, KY 18.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pulaski county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.6% to 18.0%.
Pulaski county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Somerset, KY is moderately conservative.
Pulaski County, Kentucky is very conservative.
Somerset Metro Area 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.
Somerset, 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 Somerset, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 53 contributions totaling $32,609 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $615 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 311 contributions totaling $187,733 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $604 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)