Rockcastle County, Kentucky is a peaceful rural area located in the foothills of Appalachia. The county prides itself on its strong community ties and tight-knit nature. Home to a close-knit population of just over 16,000 people, Rockcastle is largely rural and agricultural in nature. Politically, Rockcastle County leans Democratic, with registered voters favoring the party by a margin of 64% to 33%. In recent years, local politics have seen some civil discourse between the two major parties as candidates seek to address issues like education funding and economic development. Residents have participated actively in elections at all levels of government, from voting for their local representatives all the way up to national offices. As such, Rockcastle County remains an important hub for political activity in Kentucky’s Appalachian region.
The political climate in Rockcastle County, KY is very conservative.
In Rockcastle County, KY 14.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rockcastle county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.5% to 14.6%.
Rockcastle county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rockcastle County, KY is very conservative.
Richmond-Berea 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.
Rockcastle, 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 Rockcastle County, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 176 contributions totaling $3,711 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $21 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 42 contributions totaling $12,430 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $296 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)