Harrison County, Kentucky is a rural county located in the state of Kentucky. Its political environment is typical of many counties in the region, with a government created by a three-member Board of Magistrates who oversee the county's taxation, budgeting, and civil services. The county is also represented by two members in the state legislature. Currently, the county is represented by Republican Senator Brandon Smith and Representative James Kay. As a member of the Republican Party, both representatives are generally conservative on issues like taxation and social services while being more moderate on issues such as gun control and education. They have been supportive of local initiatives to bring more jobs and economic opportunities to Harrison County through tax incentives and infrastructure projects. Overall, Harrison County has seen little significant change in its political makeup in recent years, with most candidates remaining true to their party's platform when it comes to important issues facing the community.
The political climate in Harrison County, KY is very conservative.
In Harrison County, KY 27.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Harrison county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.5% to 27.1%.
Harrison county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Harrison 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.
Harrison, 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 Harrison County, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 244 contributions totaling $22,346 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 69 contributions totaling $19,918 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $289 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)