Grayson County is a small rural community located in Kentucky. Politically, the county is a staunchly conservative area that generally leans Republican. Every four years, local political candidates run for office in Grayson County. These candidates range from local representatives to state and even national positions. The residents of Grayson County are passionate about their politics and take pride in the various candidates who represent them on the ballot each election season. Although the county leans Republican, there are still plenty of residents who vote for Democratic candidates and other third party or independent candidates. All political ideologies are welcome in Grayson County as long as they maintain respect for one another's beliefs and opinions.
The political climate in Grayson County, KY is very conservative.
In Grayson County, KY 20.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grayson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.9% to 20.0%.
Grayson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Grayson County, KY is very conservative.
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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.
Grayson, 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 Grayson County, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 39 contributions totaling $1,424 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 135 contributions totaling $46,597 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $345 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)