Garrard County, Kentucky is a rural county located in the east-central part of the state. The county has a strong agricultural and industrial base, and many of its residents are involved in farming and related activities. Politically, Garrard County is generally conservative and most of its elected officials are Republicans. In recent years, local issues have included improving infrastructure, creating better job opportunities for residents, and providing more support for small businesses. Numerous candidates have run for office in Garrard County over the years, with Republicans typically receiving the majority of votes. Local political debates often focus on such topics as tax reform, education policy, healthcare access, environmental protection, and other important issues to the community. Overall, politics in Garrard County is an important topic that many residents take seriously when making decisions about who they will vote for during elections.
The political climate in Garrard County, KY is very conservative.
In Garrard County, KY 21.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Garrard county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.6% to 21.0%.
Garrard county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Garrard County, KY is very conservative.
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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.
Garrard, 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 Garrard County, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 262 contributions totaling $28,580 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 107 contributions totaling $15,432 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)