Hazard, Kentucky is a small town located in the southeastern part of the state. It has a long and rich history of political involvement, with many local residents having played an active role in the city’s politics over the years. The city government is composed of a mayor and six city council members who are all elected to serve four-year terms. Hazard holds regular elections to fill these positions, giving citizens the opportunity to directly influence their local government. The city also hosts numerous other events throughout the year that involve political conversations, debates, and opportunities for residents to engage with their representatives. Additionally, Hazard residents have the opportunity to take part in national or statewide elections by voting in primaries or general elections at designated polling sites. In this way, Hazard is an example of how citizens can participate in politics both locally and nationally through engaging in civic duty.
The political climate in Hazard, KY is moderately conservative.
Perry County, KY is very conservative. In Perry County, KY 22.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Perry county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.5% to 22.2%.
Perry county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hazard, KY is moderately conservative.
Perry County, Kentucky 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.
Hazard, Kentucky: d 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 Hazard, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 854 contributions totaling $24,737 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $29 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 89 contributions totaling $46,685 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $525 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)