Union, KY is a small city located in Northern Kentucky. It has a population of approximately 5,400 people and has been around since 1811. The city is governed by a mayor-council form of government, with the mayor being elected at-large and the six council members being elected from their respective wards. Union's government is responsible for providing essential services to its citizens, such as police protection, fire protection, public works, sanitation services, parks and recreation facilities, economic development initiatives, and planning for future growth. The city also holds local elections every two years for the mayor and council members. Participation in local politics is an important part of the city's civic life and allows Union residents to make sure their voices are heard when it comes to decisions that will affect them.
The political climate in Union, KY is strongly conservative.
Boone County, KY is very conservative. In Boone County, KY 31.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Boone county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.9% to 31.2%.
Boone county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Union, KY is strongly conservative.
Boone County, Kentucky is very conservative.
Cincinnati Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Union, 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 Union, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,062 contributions totaling $136,605 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,117 contributions totaling $298,145 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $267 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)