Calloway County is a small rural county in Kentucky that is known for its friendly people and close-knit community. Despite its small size, politics play an important role in the county. There are several local political candidates representing the area, including those from both major parties as well as independent candidates. Issues such as health care, education, jobs and economic development are important to the residents of Calloway County, who have seen their share of struggles over the years. The community is also passionate about protecting the environment and preserving the natural beauty of the area. With so many important issues, it's no surprise that politics play a big role in Calloway County.
The political climate in Calloway County, KY is strongly conservative.
In Calloway County, KY 33.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Calloway county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.0% to 33.2%.
Calloway county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Calloway County, KY is strongly conservative.
Murray Metro Area is strongly 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.
Calloway, 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 Calloway County, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 890 contributions totaling $76,735 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 266 contributions totaling $53,639 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $202 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)