Henry County, Kentucky is a rural county located in the western part of the state with a population of 15,543 according to the last census. The county seat is New Castle and it is governed by a three-member board of magistrates who are elected to serve four-year terms. Henry County has two major local political parties: Republican and Democrat. Both parties have several candidates for local office that run every two years during the November general elections. These candidates range from county magistrate, sheriff, county clerk and district judge positions to memberships on local boards and commissions such as the planning commission. Local political debates often center around issues related to fiscal responsibility, economic growth, job creation, education reform and public safety. No matter who is elected, they are always focused on creating a better future for the citizens of Henry County.
The political climate in Henry County, KY is very conservative.
In Henry County, KY 26.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Henry county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.0% to 26.4%.
Henry county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Henry County, KY is very conservative.
Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Area is leaning 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.
Henry, 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 Henry County, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 981 contributions totaling $80,443 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 111 contributions totaling $13,907 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)