Meade County in Kentucky is politically conservative, with Republicans typically dominating the local elections. The county is home to several small towns and villages, and its citizens are passionate about their local government and community. Elections usually draw significant interest from the public, with many residents eager to help ensure that their elected officials represent their best interests. Voter turnout is usually strong and candidates for office often focus on issues such as education, infrastructure, job creation, healthcare access and public safety. With a commitment to balancing economic development with preserving the environment and natural resources, Meade County has always strived to be an example of what responsible governance should look like.
The political climate in Meade County, KY is very conservative.
In Meade County, KY 25.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Meade county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.2% to 25.7%.
Meade county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Meade County, KY is very conservative.
Elizabethtown-Fort Knox Metro Area is strongly 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.
Meade, 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 Meade County, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 185 contributions totaling $23,565 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 130 contributions totaling $15,017 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)