Jefferson County, Kentucky is a vibrant community with an active political landscape. It is home to many different constituencies and organizations that strive to have their voices heard in local government. Elections for local representatives are often hotly contested, with each candidate vying to garner support from the citizens of Jefferson County. Local politicians strive to address the needs of their constituents and create policies that benefit all residents of the county. Issues such as education, economic development, public safety, and infrastructure all play an important role in the decisions made by elected officials in Jefferson County. The political landscape here is complex and ever-changing and candidates must be prepared to respond to the changing needs of their constituents if they want to remain successful.
The political climate in Jefferson County, KY is moderately liberal.
In Jefferson County, KY 58.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 58.9% to 38.8%.
Jefferson county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Jefferson County, KY is moderately liberal.
Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Area is leaning 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.
Jefferson, Kentucky: d d D D D D
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 Jefferson County, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 35,192 contributions totaling $6,734,290 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $191 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8,905 contributions totaling $5,417,862 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $608 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)