Graves County, KY is a rural area located in the southern part of the state. The county has a long history of local politics that dates back to the early 1800s. It is home to many small towns and communities that are each represented by elected officials. The current government consists of County Judge-Executive, Magistrate, Sheriff, Clerk, and Circuit Court Clerk. These officials are elected in general elections held every four years and are responsible for providing services such as public safety and infrastructure maintenance to the county's residents. Additionally, Graves County also has several school districts and agencies within its borders that are overseen by their own boards of directors. As such, local political candidates play an important role in determining which services will continue to be provided in Graves County and how they will be managed going forward.
The political climate in Graves County, KY is very conservative.
In Graves County, KY 20.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Graves county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.6% to 20.9%.
Graves county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Graves County, KY is very conservative.
Mayfield Metro Area is very 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.
Graves, 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 Graves County, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 495 contributions totaling $9,610 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $19 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 315 contributions totaling $74,115 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $235 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)