Boone County, KY is a small rural county located in the Bluegrass Region of Kentucky. As of 2019, it had an estimated population of just over 128,000 people. Politics in Boone County are largely conservative and the Republican Party has traditionally held a majority in local elections. In recent years, however, Democratic candidates have made gains and there is more competition between the two major parties than before. Different issues such as education funding, infrastructure development, and economic growth are important to local residents and candidates must address these issues when running for office. Local political candidates must be prepared to discuss their plans for addressing these issues if they wish to be successful in elections in Boone County.
The political climate in 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
Boone County, KY 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.
Boone, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Boone County, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,994 contributions totaling $181,702 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,202 contributions totaling $319,478 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $266 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)