Pulaski County, Kentucky is a rural area located in the south central part of the state. It has a rich history of politics and government involvement, with a variety of local elected officials representing the people who live there. The county is served by two congressional representatives, both Democrats, as well as seven members on the Kentucky House of Representatives. In terms of local representation, Pulaski County is served by one member in each house of the Kentucky General Assembly. The county also elects four county commissioners to represent its interests in matters pertaining to education, election law, economic development, and other important issues. Additionally, Pulaski County has its own sheriff's office and police department that serve to keep peace and security within the area. Finally, voters go to the polls every November during state elections to select their representatives for various posts at both local and state levels. With a strong sense of civic involvement driving its political decisions, Pulaski County is an engaged and active center for politics in Kentucky.
The political climate in Pulaski County, KY is very conservative.
In Pulaski County, KY 18.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pulaski county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.6% to 18.0%.
Pulaski county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pulaski County, KY is very conservative.
Somerset 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.
Pulaski, 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 Pulaski County, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 152 contributions totaling $48,378 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $318 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 432 contributions totaling $280,627 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $650 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)