Spencer, KY County is located in the eastern part of Kentucky and is a small rural community with a population of just under 2,000 people. The town is governed by a mayor-council system of government, where the elected Mayor serves as chief executive officer and the City Council is responsible for enacting laws and ordinances. Each year, the citizens of Spencer have the opportunity to choose from a number of local political candidates to serve on the city council. These candidates are typically chosen through an open election process where candidates must meet certain criteria in order to be eligible for office. Once elected, they are responsible for setting fiscal policy and overseeing the day-to-day operations of Spencer. Additionally, each political candidate has their own views on issues such as taxes, public safety, and social services which can directly affect how Spencer functions as a whole. As such, voting during elections is an important part of maintaining good governance in Spencer.
The political climate in Spencer County, KY is very conservative.
In Spencer County, KY 22.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Spencer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.4% to 22.1%.
Spencer county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Spencer County, KY is very conservative.
Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Area is leaning 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.
Spencer, 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 Spencer County, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 99 contributions totaling $2,715 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 201 contributions totaling $15,882 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)