Johnson, KY County is home to a diverse population made up of people from many different backgrounds and walks of life. The county is currently governed by the Johnson County Commission, which is made up of five members that are elected to four-year terms in partisan races. The commission is responsible for setting the budget and overseeing all county departments. Additionally, there are seven Kentucky State Representatives who represent Johnson County and various parts of the state legislature. These representatives work on behalf of their constituents to introduce legislation and advocate for important issues in the area. In addition, citizens in Johnson County can vote for local political candidates during elections throughout the year. Local political candidates campaign on various platforms that focus on improving conditions in the county such as health care access, education reform, job growth, infrastructure development, public safety initiatives and more.
The political climate in Johnson County, KY is very conservative.
In Johnson County, KY 15.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Johnson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.9% to 15.8%.
Johnson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Johnson 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.
Johnson, 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 Johnson County, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 47 contributions totaling $5,969 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 137 contributions totaling $90,404 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $660 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)