Hardin County, Kentucky is a rural county located in the south-central part of the state. It has a rich history and culture, with plenty of opportunities for recreation and entertainment. Politically, Hardin County leans conservatively, as evidenced by its support for Republican candidates in recent elections. The county seat is Elizabethtown and the county includes several smaller towns such as Radcliff and Sonora. Local government consists of an elected mayor and city council in each municipality, plus a fiscal court made up of representatives from all precincts in the county. The local political scene is often dominated by issues related to economic development, education reform, public safety initiatives, infrastructure improvement projects, and natural resource management.
The political climate in Hardin County, KY is strongly conservative.
In Hardin County, KY 37.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hardin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.0% to 37.0%.
Hardin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hardin County, KY is strongly conservative.
Elizabethtown-Fort Knox Metro Area is strongly 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.
Hardin, 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 Hardin County, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,912 contributions totaling $114,998 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 889 contributions totaling $171,443 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $193 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)