Wurtland, KY is a small rural town located in the Appalachian region of Kentucky. Residents of Wurtland vote in local, state and national elections to ensure that their voices are heard. With an electorate made up of mostly blue-collar workers and retirees, Wurtland citizens prefer candidates who champion issues like economic development, job growth and education reform. Local candidates for office in Wurtland are generally from the Democratic or Republican parties, with independents also running occasionally. In recent years, the residents of Wurtland have become increasingly supportive of environmental initiatives such as renewable energy sources and increased efforts to reduce pollution. The citizens of Wurtland remain dedicated to promoting positive change in their community through their involvement in politics.
The political climate in Wurtland, 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
Wurtland, 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.
Wurtland, 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 Wurtland, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 139 contributions totaling $5,134 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 35 contributions totaling $4,827 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)