Clark, KY County is a small rural county in Kentucky with a population of just over 8,000 people. Despite its size, the politics in Clark County are quite interesting and dynamic. The county is governed by several state and local representatives who work together to make decisions that affect the entire community. Most recently, the county has worked towards passing legislation that provides important resources to residents and businesses alike. These efforts have been championed by local political candidates who have run on platforms of creating economic development opportunities and improving infrastructure for Clark County. In addition, these candidates are also advocating for greater access to healthcare and educational services for all citizens of Clark County.
The political climate in Clark County, KY is very conservative.
In Clark County, KY 33.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clark county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.1% to 33.1%.
Clark county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Clark County, KY is very 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.
Clark, 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 Clark County, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 991 contributions totaling $70,053 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 295 contributions totaling $87,764 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $298 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)