Campbell County is a county located in the northern part of Kentucky. It is governed by a three-member County Commission, which is chaired by a commissioner elected at-large and two commissioners elected from respective districts. The commission is responsible for setting county policies and budgeting, in addition to other local governmental affairs. The county also has an elected county judge executive who serves as the chief administrative officer of the county government and manages various departments such as law enforcement, public safety, courts, health services, transportation and economic development. In addition to these roles, Campbell County also elects numerous other officials including a sheriff, circuit court clerk and magistrate judge that serve the county in various capacities. There are several different political parties represented in Campbell County politics and each candidate must strive to earn the trust of their constituents on Election Day.
The political climate in Campbell County, KY is moderately conservative.
In Campbell County, KY 39.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Campbell county remained very strongly Republican, 58.3% to 39.6%.
Campbell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Campbell County, KY is moderately conservative.
Cincinnati Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Campbell, 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 Campbell County, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,334 contributions totaling $205,235 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 795 contributions totaling $230,452 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $290 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)