Allen County, KY is an area with a long and proud political history. It is a small county, but its population has grown steadily since the 1990s. The county is home to a number of schools, businesses, and government buildings. Politically, Allen County is a Democratic-leaning county, with most of the major races in the 2016 presidential election being won by the Democratic nominee. There are several prominent local political figures in Allen County who represent various issues important to the people living there. These include state representatives, mayors and county commissioners who are all focused on making sure that their constituents have access to quality services, education and infrastructure improvements in order to make Allen County an even better place to live.
The political climate in Allen County, KY is very conservative.
In Allen County, KY 17.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Allen county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.0% to 17.5%.
Allen county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Allen County, KY is very conservative.
Bowling Green 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.
Allen, 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 Allen County, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 105 contributions totaling $5,194 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 74 contributions totaling $9,123 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)