Taylorsville, KY is a small rural town located in Spencer County. The population of Taylorsville is approximately 2,107 people, and the primary source of income for its citizens is farming, small business and manufacturing. The area has a long history of being politically conservative. Politically speaking, Taylorsville has been represented by representatives from both major political parties over the past few decades. Currently, there are three local political candidates up for election: two Republicans and one Democrat. These candidates are campaigning on issues such as economic growth, education reform and job creation. Despite their differences in party affiliation, all three of the candidates have expressed a commitment to supporting the needs of the local community. With the upcoming election quickly approaching, it will be interesting to see what direction Taylorsville's politics take following these elections.
The political climate in Taylorsville, KY is strongly conservative.
Spencer County, KY is very conservative. In Spencer County, KY 22.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Spencer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.4% to 22.1%.
Spencer county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Taylorsville, KY is strongly conservative.
Spencer County, Kentucky is very conservative.
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.
Taylorsville, 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 Taylorsville, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 30 contributions totaling $1,581 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 201 contributions totaling $15,882 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)