Bourbon County, Kentucky is situated in the heart of the Bluegrass region and is known for its rolling hills and stunning horse farms. The county is governed by a Fiscal Court made up of seven officials, all of whom are elected to serve four-year terms. Though there are various political parties in the county, it tends to lean slightly towards the Republican party within current elected officials. Important issues for this year’s elections will likely include public health initiatives, economic development, education funding, and infrastructure improvements. Candidates running for office this year have been identified as community leaders who represent a wide range of backgrounds and perspectives. People residing in Bourbon County can look forward to engaging in robust conversations with each candidate about their plans for helping improve life in the area over the next four years.
The political climate in Bourbon County, KY is strongly conservative.
In Bourbon County, KY 34.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bourbon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.2% to 34.2%.
Bourbon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bourbon County, KY is strongly conservative.
Lexington-Fayette Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Bourbon, 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 Bourbon County, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 206 contributions totaling $76,423 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $371 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 130 contributions totaling $101,724 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $782 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)