Russell County, Kentucky is a small rural county located in the southeastern corner of the state. The county seat is Jamestown and the current population is 16,799. Although Russell County has limited resources, it still has an active political scene. There are numerous local civic organizations and clubs that hold meetings to discuss issues that affect the county. Additionally, there are many opportunities for citizens to get involved in their local government through running for office or volunteering with campaigns. As far as candidates for office, each election cycle sees a few dozen people vying for positions both locally and statewide. This gives voters a large pool of qualified candidates from which to choose when deciding who will best lead their community into the future.
The political climate in Russell County, KY is very conservative.
In Russell County, KY 14.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Russell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.0% to 14.9%.
Russell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Russell County, KY is very conservative.
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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.
Russell, 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 Russell County, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 94 contributions totaling $17,532 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $187 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 197 contributions totaling $114,058 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $579 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)