Hopkins County, Kentucky is home to a vibrant political scene. The county is represented in both the state legislature and Congress by a variety of elected officials from both major parties. The major issues that Hopkins County faces include reducing poverty, increasing economic opportunity, and improving access to quality education. In recent years, the county has seen an increase in voter turnout for local elections and debates over important topics such as health care access, gun control, and taxation have become more heated. While there are still many challenges ahead for the county's residents, the commitment of local politicians from both parties to address these issues is inspiring. With their dedication to service and providing solutions that meet the needs of constituents, Hopkins County's political future looks brighter than ever before.
The political climate in Hopkins County, KY is very conservative.
In Hopkins County, KY 25.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hopkins county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.2% to 25.3%.
Hopkins county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hopkins County, KY is very conservative.
Madisonville Metro Area is very 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.
Hopkins, 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 Hopkins County, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 132 contributions totaling $27,192 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $206 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 269 contributions totaling $87,002 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $323 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)