Flatwoods, KY is a small city located in the southern part of the state. Politically, the city is conservative and is served by local representatives in the Kentucky General Assembly in Frankfort. The city recently held an election for mayor, which resulted in a victory for Republican candidate Bill Smith. He has vowed to work with local businesses to improve economic opportunities in Flatwoods and to expand access to public services. In addition, he has promised initiatives to reduce crime and increase safety within the community. Overall, Flatwoods is a town with strong conservative values and residents who are proud of their heritage and committed to working together for a brighter future.
The political climate in Flatwoods, 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
Flatwoods, 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.
Flatwoods, 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 Flatwoods, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 413 contributions totaling $23,970 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 296 contributions totaling $58,409 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $197 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)