South Shore, KY is a small community in the rural hills of Kentucky. Despite its size, the town has an active political scene and takes its participation in local politics seriously. The various local political issues that are discussed include economic development, public safety initiatives, educational reforms, and environmental protection. Residents take part in regular town meetings to stay informed on these topics and often organize campaigns or events to promote their views. Local candidates running for office regularly visit South Shore to meet with voters and discuss their platforms. Elections are held at the county level with a variety of positions being contested from mayor to constable and beyond. South Shore residents have a strong sense of civic responsibility and take pride in participating in their local democracy.
The political climate in South Shore, KY is strongly conservative.
Greenup County, KY is very conservative. In Greenup County, KY 26.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Greenup county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.9% to 26.8%.
Greenup county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
South Shore, KY is strongly conservative.
Greenup County, Kentucky is very conservative.
Huntington-Ashland 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.
South Shore, 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 South Shore, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 20 contributions totaling $303 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $15 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 25 contributions totaling $2,200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)