Jessamine County, located in Kentucky, is an area with a strong political presence and history. The county's presence is felt through local initiatives and campaigns, encouraging citizens to be active in the decision-making process. To ensure that the county's politics are reflective of its citizens' interests, elected officials regularly hold town hall meetings where residents can voice their opinions and concerns. Additionally, Jessamine County provides resources like voter registration information and nonpartisan research materials for use by its citizens. As individuals become more politically involved in local politics, Jessamine County continues to benefit from a more informed electorate.
The political climate in Jessamine County, KY is very conservative.
In Jessamine County, KY 32.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jessamine county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.1% to 32.6%.
Jessamine county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Jessamine County, KY is very conservative.
Lexington-Fayette Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Jessamine, 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 Jessamine County, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 911 contributions totaling $276,976 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $304 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 518 contributions totaling $256,877 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $496 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)