Hart County, located in Kentucky, is a small rural county with a population of just over 18,000. The politics in Hart County are heavily influenced by local residents who are passionate about their community and its people. Elections for local political candidates occur every two years and focus on issues such as improving education, providing public services, and promoting economic development to benefit the county as a whole. The voting process is overseen by the County Clerk's Office and all eligible citizens can cast their votes to ensure their voices are heard. Local candidates care deeply about representing the needs of their constituents and strive to make Hart County an even better place to live.
The political climate in Hart County, KY is very conservative.
In Hart County, KY 22.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hart county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.8% to 22.8%.
Hart county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hart 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.
Hart, 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 Hart County, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 67 contributions totaling $3,094 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 45 contributions totaling $3,910 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)