Watterson Park, KY is a vibrant community with a strong sense of local pride. While the city is relatively small, it has an important role to play in the state's political landscape. The citizens of Watterson Park are well informed and actively engaged in local politics. This is evident from the number of civic organizations and grassroots movements that have been created to address local issues. Issues such as education, healthcare, housing, crime, and economic development are all discussed by residents during town hall meetings and other public forums. Even though there may be disagreements on certain topics among the citizens of Watterson Park, they ultimately come together to ensure that their voices are heard by elected officials on both local and state levels.
The political climate in Watterson Park, KY is somewhat 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
Watterson Park, KY is somewhat 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.
Watterson Park, 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 Watterson Park, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,254 contributions totaling $49,438 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 177 contributions totaling $26,921 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $152 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)